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 for employment rights, minimum and living wage legislation, trade unions, 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 for drafting the submission. Read our submission.
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 appointed Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People, Shirley-Anne Read more
The Social Security Advisory Committee recently ran a consultation on government proposals for moving claimants to universal credit from other working age benefits, known as ‘managed migration’. Thanks to all the NAWRA members who contributed to our survey of members views and to Daphne for drafting our submission. NAWRA has been invited to a DWP meeting about managed migration in Read more
The Work and Pensions Committee is holding an inquiry into universal credit. On 4 July 2018, NAWRA’s vice chair Daphne Hall gave oral evidence to the Committee on the problems with the rollout of universal credit, particularly for disabled people. NAWRA has followed this up with further written observations and recommendations on disability and universal credit for the Committee.