On 17 March 2026, NAWRA wrote to the work and pensions committee to raise serious concerns about the managed migration of vulnerable claimants from legacy benefits to universal credit. Many thanks to members who provided the case studies and Corin Hammersley (Greenwich Council) for collating them. Read the letter
Thanks to everyone who came along to NAWRA’s conference in Newcastle, the speakers and workshop facilitators, and to Newcastle City Council’s Welfare Rights Service for hosting us. Slides from the conference sessions are now available in the members area. NAWRA meets four times a year either on Zoom or in-person. Our next conference is due to take place in-person in Dorchester Read more
NAWRA will meet in-person on Monday 23 March 2026 at Newcastle Civic Centre, Newcastle, NE1 8QH. (more…)
The DWP has confirmed that ESA claimants who fail to migrate to universal credit by their final deadline should have the limited capability for work-related activity (LCWRA) element included from the start of any subsequent claim. At the DWP’s November 2025 universal credit stakeholder engagement forum, advisers highlighted that ESA claimants who fail to migrate to universal credit, but then subsequently Read more
In a reception sponsored by Labour MP for Battersea Marsha de Cordova last Tuesday (13 January 2026), held to celebrate its 50th birthday, NAWRA formally launched its campaign calling for advice to be a statutory duty available equally to all who need it and free at the point of delivery. Opening the event, Ms de Cordova highlighted that research shows Read more