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Sign up today for the New Addington Advice Fair on Oct 4
Natasha Irons, the MP for Croydon East, has organised an Advice Fair on Saturday October 4 between 10am and noon, to be held in New Addington. The event is free to attend and will be providing help and ideas across … Continue reading
Croydon put in charge of £18.4m government work scheme
The government’s £338m ‘Connect to Work’ programme has been criticised by business leaders who say it is ‘another band-aid on a fundamentally broken system that expects sick and disabled people to adapt, rather than workplaces to change’ The government has … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon West, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Connect to Work, Croydon, Croydon West, Department for Work and Pensions, DWP, Kingston, Labour, Liz Kendall, London, Merton, Richmond, Sarah Jones MP, Sutton
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Work is not a magical cure for people’s mental health problems
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Poverty is one of the key drivers of stress and anxiety. EMMA TURNER says that getting people back into work requires sensitive support As the head of an organisation that provides employment support for people with mental health … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Emma Turner, Mind in Croydon
Tagged benefits, Croydon, Department for Work and Pensions, DWP, Emma Turner, Mind in Croydon, welfare benefits
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The Andrew Fisher Interview: cuts are ‘a life or death issue’
With an estimated one million people facing having their benefits reduced by Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves in an announcement expected next week, our latest Andrew Fisher Interview meets disability rights campaigner Ellen Clifford to talk about what she calls ‘a … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Inside Croydon, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Department for Work and Pensions, Disabled People Against the Cuts, DPAC, DWP, Ellen Clifford, Labour, Labour Government, Podcast, Rachel Reeves, Spotify, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover
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Job Centres are hit by week-long strike by G4S security guards
Hundreds of Job Centre security guards from Croydon and across London began a week-long walkout this morning as part of an ongoing pay dispute. While working at the government offices run by the Department for Work and Pensions, the security … Continue reading
Posted in Business
Tagged Croydon, Department for Work and Pensions, DWP, G4S, GMB, GMB Union, London, Security guards strike
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How the ‘lifestyle choices’ of Tory millionaires is taking the PIP
Is there no vulnerable section of society that this Conservative Government won’t try to undermine? In his latest column, ANDREW FISHER, right, looks into the latest attacks on disabled people Whenever Conservative governments are in trouble they reach not for … Continue reading
High Court ruling is a huge stride for fairer treatment by DWP
A Croydon man has won his High Court case against the Department for Work and Pensions which asserted that they failed to provide blind people with accessible communications about their benefits – the Government department sending him more than 20 … Continue reading
Posted in Charity
Tagged Department for Work and Pensions, Dr Yusuf Ali Osman, DWP, Kate Egerton, Leigh Day, Mel Stride MP, RNIB
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DWP’s £6m ‘poor relief’ highlights deprivation in Croydon
Jason Perry, Croydon’s part-time Mayor and part-time business director, who wants to increase everyone’s Council Tax in the borough by a whopping 15per cent, has said today, “I know many families in Croydon are struggling to make ends meet in … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Lambeth Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Southwark Council, Sutton Council
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department for Work and Pensions, DWP, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mims Davies MP, The Perry Premium, Tory
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Money survey finds more than 1m Londoners have no savings
More than 1million Londoners have less than £100 in savings, according to research from MaPS, the Money and Pensions Service. This week, November 7 to 11, is Talk Money Week, “an opportunity for everyone to get involved with events and … Continue reading
DWP drops plans for ‘cruel’ A23 benefits assessment centre
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on a remarkable result in a David v Goliath contest Labour councillors in Waddon were today celebrating victory with disability campaigners, after they managed to halt plans by the Department of Work and Pensions … Continue reading
DWP owes council more than £1m for housing, says Butler
Alison Butler, the council deputy leader who failed to declare that her son worked for an agency that was hired by the borough, has today entered the row over the chaos that is Universal Credit, calling on the Chancellor of … Continue reading
Disability group meets to discuss benefit cuts: May 30
Croydon and Bromley Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) is a group campaigning for the human rights of disabled people in the context of austerity and cuts to services and benefits. DPAC is holding a benefit justice meeting in Croydon from … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations
Tagged Croydon, Department for Work and Pensions, Disability, DPAC, England, Human rights, London, Poverty
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