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Croydon’s 6.6% unemployment rate is among worst in capital
Croydon has one of the worst unemployment rates in London, according to the latest figures. There are 1.8million unemployed across the country, which the Office for National Statistics said, outside the covid pandemic, is the highest level nationally since August … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Business, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Merton, Southwark Council, Sutton Council
Tagged Bromley, Budget, Budget 2025, Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Conservative, Croydon, Department of Work and Pensions, DWP, Jobseekers Allowance, Labour, Lambeth, London, Merton, Office for National Statistics, ONS, Rachel Reeves, Southwark, Sutton, Tory, Underemployment, unemployment
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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
Jobs fair at Centrale helped to get dozens back into work
More than one-third of Croydon residents attending a jobs fair at Centrale shopping centre went away clutching an offer of work in their hands. The jobs fair, organised by the Department of Work and Pensions and staged at the end … 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
Disabled forced to walk 400m to get to proposed benefits centre
The Department for Work and Pensions is “playing a cruel trick” on the disabled and unwell of Croydon over plans to open a benefits assessment centre in the New South Quarter development off the Purley Way. That’s according to a … 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
Help to give ATOS the benefit of your views on their work
ATOS, the company that vets disabled benefit claimants, is in retreat, writes JON BIGGER, as he prepares for further protests in Westminster tomorrow A few weeks ago there were demonstrations outside ATOS offices across the country (including a small but … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Health, London-wide issues
Tagged Atos, benefits, Conservative, Department of Work and Pensions, disabled, DWP
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