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ESA to Universal Credit – things to know & helpful tips
29 November 2024 | News
A new, free online self-help factsheet, “ESA to Universal Credit”, is ... backgrounds, including women seeking-asylum, migrants and LGBTQI+ women. Since 2023, Universal Credit (UC) has ... been replacing a range of existing means-tested benefits and tax credits for working-age households. Note: Those ...
CQC Board appoints Ian Trenholm as new Chief Executive
01 May 2018 | News
Ian Trenholm has been appointed as the Care Quality Commission’s new Chief ... the CQC website Ian has been Chief Executive of NHS Blood and Transplant since 2014. Having started his career in the ... Operating Officer at the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Chief Executive of the Royal ...
MPs to examine Next steps to fix Universal Credit
30 November 2017 | News
The Work and Pensions Committee published a report on Universal Credit: the six-week wait in October 2017. Find out more about the inquiry Following ... Credit?" Now they are opening a new phase of the inquiry and calling for evidence on the areas they identified as the ...
New border control scheme "disaster" for care sector
18 February 2020 | News
The Government has unveiled an Australian-style points system to tighten up border controls which will come ... effect from January 2021. Unskilled or low skilled workers and those who can’t speak English to a certain level will ... UK. Unison, the UK’s largest healthcare sector union, branded the move “an absolute disaster for the care ...
Government refuses to commit to keeping or extending the £20 week uplift to Universal Credit
24 November 2020 | News
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Dr Thérèse Coffey has said today ... review took place today, alongside Rishi Sunak’s Spending Review. Dr Coffey said: “The statutory annual review ... from the temporary £20 per week uplift to universal credit and working tax credit, which was announced by the ...
Small employers Auto Pension enrolment guide
29 March 2015 | News
The Pensions Regulator introduces new online step-by-step guide for small employers ... employers, more than 20% of those due to stage between June and November this year had not yet drawn up plans to meet their duties. To support small and micro employers to meet their duties, The Pensions ...
DR UK Handbook Editor on 'Completely Unfair' Government Bill Concessions
27 June 2025 | News
Our Handbook Editor, Ian Greaves, breaks down the Government's ... to the large number of Labour MPs who were threatening to vote against the welfare bill on Tuesday 1 July. That evening Liz Kendall , the Work and Pensions Secretary, wrote a letter to MPs to explain ...
Community Transport Association calls for an end to cuts to dial-a-ride services
08 March 2023 | News
The national charity that represents and supports providers of community transport, the Community Transport Association, is calling for the service to be fully funded and ring-fenced against future cuts. The call comes as a ...
Learn about High Quality Study Programmes for Learners with SEND
15 February 2018 | News
... Needs or Disabilities (SEND)? View flyer Do you want to find out more about innovative practice in study programme design and delivery for learners with SEND? Then come along to ... of these innovative practice events, organised by Natspec and ACER, in March in Birmingham, London, Cambridge or ...
Deaf claimant wrongly had 4 weeks sanction imposed after mistakenly being 10 minutes late for training course
02 September 2015 | News
A deaf claimant who received a four week sanction - stopping all his Jobseeker’s Allowance - after being ten ... claimant was a 53 year old man who had difficulty hearing and so wore a hearing aid in his right ear. He was told that he was required to attend and complete a CV writing course from 11.15 am to 12.15 pm. ...