A Basic Income in the UK – ‘what’s not to like’?

Eri Mountbatten, our North Wales elected representative on the NAWRA committee, writes about the concept of a basic (or citizens) income: What is basic (or citizens) income? For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, the central and arguably well founded assumption is that the current welfare system is broken.  Read more…

Annual report 2013-14

Our annual report, approved by the AGM at Sheffield on 28th February 2014, includes highlights from the year, our recent policy work and information about the committee. It can be downloaded here. The AGM also approved our finance report. Those interested in the numbers can download the figures here.

Happy Christmas!

NAWRA would like to wish all our members and supporters a very happy Christmas and a successful 2014. Don’t forget that we already have a full programme of events scheduled for the new year and we hope that you will be able to join us for some, or all, of Read more…

Phil Hanns

We are deeply saddened by the news that our friend and colleague, Phil Hanns, passed away on 28th October 2013.  Phil had been vice-chair of NAWRA for many years and was much loved and respected by all of us.  His passing leaves a huge gap on our executive committee and Read more…