Information Commissioners Office consultation on consent

NAWRA surveyed its members and used the results to inform our submission to the consultation by the Information Commissioners Office on consent. Thanks to Eri Mountbatten (Aberystwyth University Students’ Union and NAWRA rep for Wales) for collating all the responses and drafting the submission.

Brian McGarr

Sad news from Durham Welfare Rights: Brian McGarr one of our former colleagues has passed away. A lot of people who are new to Welfare Rights won’t know of Brian. It’s probably only the ‘oldies’ who will remember Brian because he wasn’t active in Welfare Rights for many years due Read more…

Attendance Allowance consultation

NAWRA has submitted a response to the ‘Self-sufficient local government: 100% business rates retention’ consultation voicing our concern at the proposal that Attendance Allowance would no longer be a cash benefit in England and Wales if responsibility for it transfers from the DWP to each local authority’s social care budget. Read more…