NAWRA is a member of the Scottish Campaign on Welfare Reform (SCoWR). Ahead of further Stage 2 consideration of amendments to the Social Security (Scotland) Bill on 22 February 2018, SCoWR produced a further briefing note for MSPs. This note focuses on amendments in Part 2, Chapter 2 onwards.
The committee directs the policy and general management of the affairs of NAWRA. It consists of representatives from each of the English regions plus two from Wales, one from Scotland, one from Northern Ireland and one nominated by CPAG. This gives a total of 14 representatives. The committee meet at least three times a year, either a day before a main NAWRA meeting or by telephone conference call. The representatives of the English regions and Wales must be elected every …
In Nov 2017, NAWRA wrote to David Gauke MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to highlight three major problems within universal credit. These are not policy issues but operational issues where the legislative processes within universal credit are not being correctly followed and are causing extreme hardship. claimants naturally migrating from Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) waiting days incorrectly applied failure to allow a third party to submit a DS1500 (confirmation of terminal illness Read our letter Update …
Excellent article in ‘The Guardian’ on 2nd January 2018, highlighting injustice in the social security system, delays and obstructions in the appeals system and the impact on individuals. As welfare rights advisers, these are all issues we are all too familiar with and the article will hopefully highlight these to a wider audience. NAWRA also gets a mention, in the context of ‘advice deserts’ and the need for comprehensive welfare rights advice for communities. You can read the article online. …
NAWRA met in Coventry on 1 Dec 2017. The minutes of the meeting along with slides and notes from the speakers and workshop facilitators are now available in the members area.
