NAWRA condemns backdoor cuts to PIP

NAWRA issued the following press release on Friday 3rd March 2017: The government has announced shock plans to restrict entitlement to the disability benefit, Personal Independence Payment (PIP). The National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers (NAWRA) strongly refutes the claims made by government that two recent court decisions (1) in any way ‘extend’ or ‘broaden’ the meaning of the PIP Read more…

A Basic Income in the UK – ‘what’s not to like’?

Eri Mountbatten, our North Wales elected representative on the NAWRA committee, writes about the concept of a basic (or citizens) income: What is basic (or citizens) income? For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, the central and arguably well founded assumption is that the current welfare system is broken.  It demoralises those most vulnerable in society and creates artificial Read more…

Meeting in Stoke on Trent 2 Dec 2016

Our next meeting will take place on Friday 2 December 2016 at Staffordshire University in Stoke on Trent. Agenda Film screening There will be a special, free screening of The Divide at 7.15pm on Thurs 1 Dec. The screening is in room R001 in the Science Centre on Leek Road: The Divide tells the story of 7 individuals striving for Read more…