Following NAWRA’s previous submission for the Work and Pensions Committee inquiry into safeguarding vulnerable claimants, we were invited to submit a supplementary submission to the new Committee who have reopened the inquiry. We were asked only to raise new issues so focused on – Risks to the ESA cohort on migration to UC Proposed changes to the WCA and their Read more…
At the end of 2022, NAWRA, in conjunction with Greater Manchester Law Centre, carried out a survey investigating delays in processing pension credit claims which highlighted that people were often waiting months for claims to be paid leading to financial hardship. Our report was used as evidence in a Commons debate about the issue and some improvements were observed. Read more…
Thanks to everyone who came along to NAWRA’s conference in Glasgow and to all the guest speakers and workshop facilitators for their sessions. Thanks also to Rights Advice Scotland for hosting us.
Our next NAWRA conference will take place in-person on Friday 6 September 2024 at Renfield Training and Conference Centre, 260 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4JP.
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 an estimated 880,000 households who are eligible for pension credit Read more…