Resources for Scots care workers on welfare reform
A recent report The Impact of Welfare Reform on Third Sector Care and Support Services In Scotland from the Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) and the
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Tag: Welfare Reform
SNP hit out at increase in welfare sanctions
Fresh concerns over the impact of changes to the welfare system have been raised by the SNP after figures showed significant rises in the number of disabled people, women, lone
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Report: Impact of welfare reforms on third sector social care – Scotland
A report examined how welfare reforms introduced in 2012 were affecting service demand and delivery of third sector social care and support services, including the impact on staff roles, welfare
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Welfare payments scheme branded a ‘fiasco’ by MPs
A flagship government welfare scheme is a “fiasco” that has caused unnecessary distress to thousands of sick and disabled people, MPs have warned. The influential Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC)
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Scots housing association’s reveal bedroom tax ‘impacting on homeless’
A quarter of housing associations believe welfare reforms that have been branded the “bedroom tax” have impacted on their ability to rehouse homeless people, a new report revealed. A survey
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Housing benefit claimants ‘up 60%’ since 2010
The number of working people claiming housing benefit has risen by almost 60% since 2010, according to research commissioned by Labour. Figures compiled by the House of Commons Library for
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DWP director suggests food bank users do it through choice
The rise of food banks is the result of “poor people maximising their economic opportunities” and has not been caused by tougher rules over benefit payments, a senior UK Government
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New unemployment measures described as ‘forced unpaid labour’
New measures aimed at the long-term unemployed come into force today, with people facing benefit sanctions if they refuse to take part. The Government said Jobcentre staff will have more
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‘Perfect storm’ plunges poorest into still deeper poverty, says Oxfam
Almost 1.75 million of the poorest families in the UK have been made poorer by a “perfect storm” of changes to the welfare system over the last three years, a
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Blog: The working poor and the welfare cap
Flip Chart Fairy Tales is a blog written by Rick – HR manager, project manager and business consultant. The blog charts Ricks’ “reflections on business, the world of work and
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