NAWRA has sent an email to the Director General for the Universal Credit Programme, Neil Couling, to highlight the concerns reported by NAWRA members in universal credit full service areas. In particular, we have raised the problems experienced by claimants applying for new-style ESA in a full service universal credit Read more
NAWRA has written to the chair of the Public Accounts Committee Meg Hillier MP to draw her attention to our correspondence earlier this year with Neil Couling, Director General for the Universal Credit Programme. We wrote to Neil Couling about specific major problems within the operation of universal credit. His Read more
The Public Accounts Committee is holding an inquiry into universal credit. NAWRA recently submitted written evidence to the committee. Many thanks to everyone who contributed with their evidence about the problems with UC.
June’s NAWRA newsletter is here (just a little bit late). NAWRA reps attend the DWP operational stakeholders’ forum and the PIP forum and this is a summary of useful feedback.
NAWRA would like to pay tribute to Mike Shermer, former committee member for the East of England region, who passed away peacefully on 17 May 2018, aged 74 years. Mike was one of the original members of the NAWRA committee and demonstrated a commitment to the organisation throughout his time Read more