NAWRA has produced a newly updated benefit changes chart detailing all the changes since 2011 along with recent and forthcoming changes and analysis of the impact. As usual, the chart comes in two parts within the same document: Part 1: an archive of all the changes from Jan 2011 to Read more
NAWRA has submitted its response to the Pathways to Work Green Paper consultation. We highlight that the employment support reforms proposed in the paper are premature until the government has set out what its new support offer will look like, properly tested and resourced it, and resolved the problems of Read more
NAWRA has written to Secretary of State Liz Kendall to express its concerns that the government is planning to restrict eligibility for winter fuel payments (WFPs) to those in receipt of pension credit (or other specific means-tested benefits). This is despite the fact that it acknowledges that up to Read more
The government has conceded to an Early Day Motion, tabled by Mark Tami MP and signed by 73 others, calling for Universal Credit to be payable up to the day before State Pension is paid. In response to the news, NAWRA released the following statement: This is a great achievement Read more
Our national Chair, Alan Markey, has recently had an article published in ‘Adviser’ magazine. In the article Alan offers his take on how the social security landscape has changed, on increasing conditionality and a hostile environment for claimants, and highlights the increasing importance of advisers in the fight against poverty. Read more