Thanks to everybody who came along to the NAWRA meeting at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland on Friday, and to Sunderland City Council’s welfare rights team for hosting us. Prof Ted Schrecker, Professor of Global Health Policy at Durham University, delivered the Phil Hanns memorial lecture on how neoliberalist politics and economics has affected the most vulnerable in society. Read more…
Many thanks to all those NAWRA members who contributed to the CPAG survey on reasons for food bank use. The response rate was fantastic, with more than 200 advisers filling in the survey. This formed the biggest part of a submission to Feeding Britain’s update report on behalf of twelve charities and faith groups, brought together under the banner of Read more…
Our next meeting will take place at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland on Friday 11 December 2015. Thanks to Sunderland City Council for hosting us. Our guest speakers will be Prof Ted Schrecker, Professor of Global Health Policy at Durham University and Dr David Webster from Glasgow University. There will be workshops on using ESA safeguarding guidance, the ‘genuine Read more…
These paragraphs from a submission made by the Secretary of State are a new indication of how the Secretary of State is attempting to meet the requirements as set out by the decision of IM v SSWP (ESA) [2014] UKUT 412 (AAC). The Secretary of State in the paragraphs 16 to 17 of this submission considers that the most demanding Read more…
NAWRA has been very concerned about the implementation of mandatory reconsideration (MR) for some time, particularly in light of the catastrophic drop in appeals and the effects on those who suffer from cognitive impairments. Consequently, in February this year we sent a survey to members and asked them to feedback to us about how MR was working in practice. Thanks Read more…