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DWP Issues Guidance Regarding Allowing SDP for UC Claimants

Following the removal of the Severe Disability Premium Gateway, which prevented claimants of Universal Credit [...]

17
Feb
Disability Benefits Consortium Publishes Their Report on Pandemic Poverty

The report focuses on the financial impact that Covid-19 has caused for those in receipt [...]

14
Feb
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New APPG Report on Universal Credit’s £20 Uplift

“The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Poverty aims to increase understanding of poverty among parliamentarians [...]

08
Feb
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Updates to the Discretionary Housing Payments guidance manual

This guidance, made for local authorities in England and Wales, includes advice on how Discretionary [...]

08
Feb
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Nearly half of benefit claimants are going without essentials

New data from Citizens Advice shows 49% of benefit claimants affected by the benefits freeze [...]

25
Sep
Two thirds of informal carers regularly fund care and support out of their own resources

New research released today by Carers UK, the leading membership charity for people caring unpaid [...]

29
Jul
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Children’s Funeral Fund for England established

Families grieving the tragic loss of a child will no longer have to meet the [...]

29
Jul
BBC report on Universal Credit advance payment deception fraud

Tens of millions of pounds of public money is believed to have been stolen, with [...]

29
Jul
DWP launch review of benefits for terminally ill people

Citing her own personal experiences, Amber Rudd has asked the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) [...]

29
Jul
 New House of Commons Library briefing on funding for adult social care

Adult social care services in England are facing significant funding pressures, due to the combination [...]

03
Jun
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Torbay Advice Network (or TAN) supports the community by providing free expert advice for local residents in a range of areas including benefits, care, finances and housing.

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    Opening Doors – how to incentivise employers to create more opportunities for disabled workers
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    Impact of health conditions requiring hospitalisation on earnings, employment and benefits receipt, England: April 2014 to December 2022
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    Jul
    Child poverty on the front line of the NHS
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    Jul
    The bare necessities – unpacking the rising cost of essentials for low-to-middle income Britain
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