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 of us here at NAWRA would like to wish our members a peaceful and successful new year. We look forward to meeting many of you at our conferences this year. Don’t forget that we are a member-led organisation, so please let us have any thoughts or suggestions that will 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…
Our next conference will take place from 10am-4pm (registration from 9.30am) on Friday 7 September 2018 at the Renfield St Stephen’s Centre, 260 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4JP. Many thanks to Glasgow City Council for hosting us. We are pleased to announce that our guest speakers will be the newly Read more…