Month: September 2024

Norfolk County Council is planning more than £33m of cuts as it tries to balance its budget. Almost half of the savings would come from adult social services, with the authority looking to save money by cutting spending on care home places. Children’s services would face cuts of £7m, while other proposed savings would include … Continue reading “Council plans £33m cuts it ‘does not want to make’”

PUBLISHED: 24 SEPTEMBER 2024 Labour is to revive the hated Tory plan to force banks to carry out surveillance on claimants’ accounts and give the DWP police type power to search premises and seize possessions. The Tory provisions were contained in the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, but this failed to be passed into … Continue reading “Labour adopts hated Tory bank surveillance and DWP search and seize powers”

DWP issues guidance for claimants migrating to universal credit on how the transitional element is calculated Department advises that element is calculated by comparing universal credit award based on circumstances on day before claim with amount received from legacy benefits The DWP has issued new guidance for claimants migrating to universal credit on how the … Continue reading “DWP issues guidance for claimants migrating to universal credit”

LIVES will be lost, campaigners warned today after a survey revealed that more than 1.7 million households do not plan on turning on their heating this year. The number of those who said they will keep the heating off in polling for Uswitch is nearly double the 972,000 who said they did not heat their … Continue reading “LIVES will be lost”

The upcoming changes to the Winter Fuel Payment scheme fundamentally alter its identity, shifting it from a universal benefit targeted at older people (in recognition of older people’ higher needs for energy use) to a means-tested payment available only to those receiving Pension Credit. 10 million people will lose the payment as a result. According … Continue reading “Changes to Winter fuel payment”

DWP needs ‘fundamental reform’ because tinkering at the edges of the benefit system will never solve the problems of the broader economy Employment Minister says we need to be looking at the options that people have in the labour market and asking ourselves whether those choices are good enough The DWP is in need of … Continue reading “DWP needs ‘fundamental reform’”

Being the Boss A series of FREE online sessions on Zoom delivered by Iggy Patel and Anne Pridmore, supported by Bringing Us Together and Adult Social Care Warriors. • Understanding how the law works and using the Care Act for maximising your budget – Thursday 26th September 2024, 1.00pm to 3.00pm • PA recruitment, interviews, … Continue reading “Workshops for Individual Employers and those receiving Direct Payments”