NAWRA is concerned that bereavement support payment has not been uprated in line with all the other benefits and tax credits, and in fact has not been uprated since it was introduced in 2017. This is because it was introduced under the Pensions Act 2014 which does not require uprating. Read more
Update 23 Nov 2022 We have re-sent our letter to Guy Opperman, the newly appointed Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions. – – – 28 Sep 2022 As highlighted in previous conferences, NAWRA has been working with the Strategic Public Law Centre and others to try Read more
NAWRA has received a letter from David Rutley, Minister for Welfare Delivery responding to our concerns about the Help to Claim service – in particular, the lack of face-to-face support in the service and the general lack of support for people needing advice given the ramping up of ‘Voluntary move Read more
NAWRA has submitted a detailed response to the recent consultation on ‘Improving Disability Assistance in Scotland’. In time Disability Assistance will replace Disability Living Allowance, Personal Independence Payment and Attendance Allowance as per devolved powers covered in Section 31 of Social Security Act (Scotland) 2018. The points covered in our Read more
The Equality and Diversity Forum have launched an online handbook to help advisers, and advice services more widely, to identify and challenge potential discrimination within the benefits system. The handbook includes a range of tools and practical help to make it easier for advisers to recognise discrimination issues and to Read more