All NAWRA members are welcome to attend our next meeting. Date: Friday 1 March 2019Time: 10am-4pm (registration from 9.30am)Location: Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 5DA Download the agenda Our keynote speaker will be Lisa Scullion, Professor of Social Policy at the University of Salford. We will also Read more
NAWRA has submitted evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee inquiry into ‘natural migration‘ Thanks to all the NAWRA members who sent case studies about the people who lose out when they transfer to universal credit and to Daphne Hall for drafting our response. Read our submission.
The Work and Pensions Committee is conducting an inquiry into the current state of the UK’s welfare safety net, prompted by the evidence of debt, hunger and homelessness it has heard across several recent inquiries. The inquiry, launched when the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty made an investigative visit Read more
All members are invited to attend the NAWRA conference next month. Not a NAWRA member? Find out about joining. Date: Friday 7 December 2018 Time: 10am-4pm (registration from 9.30am) Location: Durham Town Hall, Market Place, Durham DH1 3NJ Our guest speaker will be Laura Pidcock MP, shadow minister with responsibility Read more
We’ve submitted evidence to the work and pensions committee on universal credit and deduction for debt. The submission summarisies the key issues raised by members and lists some recommendations to improve the system. Thanks to delegates at last week’s NAWRA conference in Glasgow for their contributions and to Daphne Hall Read more