...Working with Committee members who have such a wide range of experience and expertise is a real pleasure and I have also found the induction of new members exemplary. I...
...role to stop being “new” and start feeling like part of your professional DNA long enough, too, to see the system shift, stumble, adapt and, occasionally, genuinely improve. So, this...
...the difficulties of recouping investment in training. Such difficulties with employers may be most of an issue with new prospective employers, who may also be less inclined to make reasonable...
...threshold. The scheme also offers a Universal Credit New Claims Grant to tide over claimants struggling to manage the five week wait for a first Universal Credit payment. A second...
...was not well enough aligned with the Fair Repayment Rate change. For these reasons we decided to take the regulations on ‘formal reference’.[3] This means that when the new regulations...
...consequences, and that each new piece of legislation fits in with the bigger picture. We work closely with officials in DWP and sometimes with officials in other government departments. The...
I grew up in a first-generation immigrant household, and having experiences of homelessness and disability within our family, we were supported by social security benefits which provided a stepping stone...
...the first chair of the statutory Independent Social Security Standards Committee reporting on the quality of decision making to the newly created NI Assembly following the Good Friday Agreement. One...
“If at first you don’t succeed…” I first applied to join the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) just after my 6th child was born. I was previously a Senior Civil...
...and perhaps introducing new ideas. Although I was very drawn to the job and felt I had the right skillset - at rightsnet we produce daily news items on all...