NAWRA meeting in Edinburgh 4 Sept 2015
Our next meeting will take place in Edinburgh on Friday 4 September 2015. Agenda You must be a member of NAWRA to attend the meeting. If you are not already a member, find out more about joining.
Mandatory reconsideration
MR was introduced as an additional dispute process by section 102 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012; regulations followed shortly after. The new rules aimed to: resolve disputes as early as possible; reduce unnecessary demand on Her Majesties Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) by resolving more disputes internally; consider revising a decision where appropriate; provide a full explanation of the decision; and encourage claimants to identify and provide any additional evidence that may affect the decision, so that they receive …
UC waiting days
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 our evidence and submitted a response to SSAC. In our our submission we stressed in the strongest possible terms our complete opposition to this proposal. What came over time and …
NAWRA meeting in Wolverhampton 5 June 2015
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. There will be workshops on PIP, pension freedoms, the Equality Act and a project involving law students in appeal representation. The meeting is free but only NAWRA members may attend. …
SDP – get it while you can!
Patrick Hill writes: “Since the introduction of Personal Independence Payment (PIP), there have been increasing reports from advisors across the UK that the Severe Disability Premium (SDP) has not been added to income based benefits such as: Employment Support Allowance, Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income Support, Pension Credit, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support. Nor have there been claims made to those income based benefits that might become payable due to entitlement to SDP. When Universal Credit (UC) begins to take a firmer hold, and includes people with disabilities, an additional amount recognising a …