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The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) toolkit

A guide to help organisations and people in support roles explain Personal Independence Payment (PIP) [...]

22
Dec
The impact of our social security system and how it needs to change, as told by the women who use it

A decade of social security cuts, stagnating wages, and the erosion of public services has [...]

31
Oct
Towards real social security: Embedding a long-term approach to universal credit

Universal credit is simply inadequate to meet day to day living costs. This means despite [...]

30
Oct
The effects of reforms to the Work Capability Assessment for incapacity benefits

More than 3 million working-age adults in the UK receive health-related benefits. The government has [...]

27
Oct
Rates of Change: The impact of a below-inflation uprating on working-age benefits

The CPI inflation figure for September (6.7 per cent) is the basis on which key [...]

26
Oct
A rising State Pension age will leave people who are out of work due to ill health at greater risk of poverty and worsening health

The existing policy approach to increasing State Pension age in the UK, alongside a lack [...]

24
Oct
Proposals to abolish the Work Capability Assessment

An overview of proposals to abolish the Work Capability Assessment first announced in March 2023 [...]

03
Oct
Pension Credit toolkit

Use this collection of materials to help older people understand how they could get Pension [...]

02
Oct
Work Capability Assessment: activities and descriptors

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is keen to hear views from a wide [...]

29
Sep
From safety net to springboard

Designing an unemployment insurance scheme to protect living standards and boost economic dynamism [...]

27
Sep
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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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    Aug
    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
  • 22
    Jul
    Child poverty on the front line of the NHS
  • 15
    Jul
    The bare necessities – unpacking the rising cost of essentials for low-to-middle income Britain
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