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Reform Spending Review recommendations
16 June 2015 | News
How to run a country: working age welfare Reform has published recommendations for the ... is to set out a better way to deliver public services and economic prosperity. Reform recommends: Stopping the freezing of benefits; Abolishing Child Benefit and compensating low income families through Universal ...
Local welfare assistance scheme policy guidance
08 December 2014 | News
... Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has published one hundred and fifty local welfare assistance scheme policy documents, internal guidance, staff manuals and training materials on the CPAG website, much of it never ...
Universal Credit Failing Millions says House of Lords Committee
30 July 2020 | News
... Economic Affairs Committee says Universal Credit isn't working The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has ... where Disability Rights UK provided written evidence and testified before the committee . Cuts to social security ... budgets over the last decade is causing widespread poverty and hardship. Universal Credit needs urgent investment just ...
Fab Lab event held at Irlam
07 September 2015 | News
The fab lab at Princess Park Garden centre, held in Irlam, Salford last ... The event followed the launch at the BBC on July 30th and 31st that can be viewed via ... young woman with autism show an aptitude for 3d scanning and a woman with severe arthritis learn to print a finger ...
Scottish carers consultation
22 January 2014 | News
... on proposed legislative measures to further support carers and young carers in Scotland. This consultation sets out the proposals which aim to ...
UN official says suspend bedroom tax
10 September 2013 | News
... ‘bedroom tax’ an "absolute disgrace" Ms Rolnik is producing a report on adequate housing around the world for the UN ... visit included trips to London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast and Manchester. Ms Rolnik says she has received "hundreds of ... that the so-called bedroom tax be suspended immediately and be fully re-evaluated in light of the evidence of its ...
Budget 2017: three universal credit reforms to provide greater financial security
20 November 2017 | News
... the budget on November 22, to help move towards “greater financial security for all” The three proposals are - Make ... line with living costs : End the freeze on Child Benefit and other social security payments such as Local Housing ... be welcome, real changes needed go beyond the obvious, and include the restoration of the premiums abolished with ...
Comment: Leaked sickness benefit cuts document
02 July 2015 | News
Disabled people: “Yes we understand incentives!” A leaked Government document proposes ... Credit. If scrapped, their weekly payments would drop nearly £30 from £102.15, bringing it in line with ...
Prescription charge rise hits patients say PCC
31 March 2015 | News
Prescription charge increase will hit patients say charities The Prescription ... condemned the latest rise in prescription charges in England from £8.05 to £8.20 from 1 st April 2015 Prescription ... replacement, said “No parent should see their child nearly lose their life because a life-saving medication costs ...
Public are more likely to think unemployment benefits are too low rather than too high, finds new BSA survey
29 October 2020 | News
... from its annual British Social Attitudes survey, charting key trends in public attitudes towards welfare, government spending, national identity and immigration In relation to welfare, NatCen's research ... The proportion of people who think benefits are too high and discourage work has fallen from 59% in 2015 to 35% ...