NAWRA has written to the Secretary of State to express our extreme concern that many of the key proposals within the Green Paper – particularly those with financial implications – are not open for consultation. Highlighting that the purpose of a Green Paper is to allow feedback from relevant Read more…
In light of recent events in the United States, and the worldwide response led by the Black Lives Matter movement, NAWRA wishes to affirm our hatred of racism and our commitment to ensuring that NAWRA is a fully inclusive organisation. As a membership-led body, we are strongly committed to ensuring Read more…
The government has conceded to an Early Day Motion, tabled by Mark Tami MP and signed by 73 others, calling for Universal Credit to be payable up to the day before State Pension is paid. In response to the news, NAWRA released the following statement: This is a great achievement Read more…
NAWRA members have reported via the rightsnet discussion forum that clients have been contacted by a loan company offering a ‘government grant’. The loan company then takes information sufficient to verify ID and submit a universal credit claim without the client’s knowledge, arranges an advance and then keeps a substantial Read more…
Excellent article in ‘The Guardian’ on 2nd January 2018, highlighting injustice in the social security system, delays and obstructions in the appeals system and the impact on individuals. As welfare rights advisers, these are all issues we are all too familiar with and the article will hopefully highlight these to Read more…