...Social Security System. As I move on from SSAC I look forward to seeing new members pick up these vital roles. NOTE: The Department for Work and Pensions is seeking...
...benefits – mainly employment support allowance, housing benefit and tax credits – to the new integrated UC system. This so-called “managed migration” will affect around three million people. The implementation...
...although it took a further three years and some considerable political turmoil for Northern Ireland to agree to introduce UC here. New claims focused initially on those with the least...
“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...
...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...
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...
...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...
...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...
...successors well, including in centrally reflecting the impacts of social security on disabled people’s lives and security. [1] Proposals for a New System for Delegated Legislation: A Working Paper...