Back in October 2014, the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) ran a consultation on the government’s proposal that Universal Credit claimants must wait seven days before they are entitled to benefit. NAWRA surveyed its members and 183 organisations from across the country provided evidence. Daphne Hall (Lasa) collated all of Read more…
Date: Friday 5th June 2015 Time: 9.30am – 4pm Location: MC001 (Main Lecture Theatre), Ground Floor, MC Building, South Campus, Wolverhampton University, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY Agenda Our guest speakers will be Steve Iafrati, senior lecturer in Social Policy at the University and Ruth London of Fuel Poverty Action. Read more…
Our next meeting will take place on Friday 6 March at the University of Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent. Our guest speakers will be Andrew Hood from the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Jackie Cox from Church Action on Poverty. Andrew will present his research on social security spending under the current coalition Read more…
Mary O’Hara (social policy journalist and author of Austerity Bites) is looking for evidence to support her new project and is interested in hearing from claimants and advisers about the current difficulties/realities. She is especially interested in: Bedroom tax/housing and homelessness Welfare changes/freezes/cuts to benefits Food banks and poverty Stress/mental Read more…
Thanks to everyone who attended our meeting in Durham on 12th December 2014. Presentations and notes are now available in the members’ area.