Meetings
NAWRA meeting in Edinburgh 4 Sept 2015
Our next meeting will take place in Edinburgh on Friday 4 September 2015. Agenda You must be a member of NAWRA to attend the meeting. If you are not already a member, find out more about joining.
Members
Mandatory reconsideration
MR was introduced as an additional dispute process by section 102 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012; regulations followed shortly after. The new rules aimed to: resolve disputes as early as possible; reduce unnecessary demand on Her Majesties Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) by resolving more disputes internally; consider revising Read more
Welfare Reform
UC waiting days
Back in October 2014, the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) ran a consultation on the government’s proposal that Universal Credit claimants must wait seven days before they are entitled to benefit. NAWRA surveyed its members and 183 organisations from across the country provided evidence. Daphne Hall (Lasa) collated all of Read more
Meetings
NAWRA meeting in Wolverhampton 5 June 2015
Date: Friday 5th June 2015 Time: 9.30am – 4pm Location: MC001 (Main Lecture Theatre), Ground Floor, MC Building, South Campus, Wolverhampton University, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY Agenda Our guest speakers will be Steve Iafrati, senior lecturer in Social Policy at the University and Ruth London of Fuel Poverty Action. Read more
Meetings
Meeting in Stoke-on-Trent 6 Mar 2015
Our next meeting will take place on Friday 6 March at the University of Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent. Our guest speakers will be Andrew Hood from the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Jackie Cox from Church Action on Poverty. Andrew will present his research on social security spending under the current coalition Read more