Letter to Debbie Abrahams expressing NAWRA’s concern at number of ESA claimants failing to migrate

DWP statistics out last week revealed that 3% of ESA claimants were failing to migrate safely to universal credit. Alarmingly, this figure rises to 6% for those in receipt of ESA only. With NAWRA members highlighting cases where DWP were refusing to extend the deadline and terminating legacy benefits, despite their involvement, we have written to Chair of the Work Read more

Employment support for disabled people: Access to Work case studies

NAWRA has responded to the Work and Pensions committee inquiry on Employment Support for Disabled People by sending in a series of Access to Work case studies that highlight the difficulties disabled people have both getting into and retaining work because of problems within the Access to Work process. This includes delays, failure to provide appropriate support, unnecessary bureaucracy, and a Read more

NAWRA conference on Zoom – 25 and 26 Sep 2025

NAWRA members will meet on Zoom on Thursday 25 September 2025 (1.00pm-4.00pm) and Friday 26 September 2025 (9.30am-12.30pm). Many thanks to Welfare Rights Advisers Cymru (WRAC) for hosting us. We will be hearing from a wide variety of speakers on lots of interesting and helpful topics and there will be plenty opportunity to ask questions. The meeting will also act Read more