Posts tagged: welfare reform

Keep on Marching!

8 April 2011 – 11:35 am

The March for the Alternative has absolutely been the highlight of my year so far.  I went on the VONNE bus- with activists from across the North East.  I’d expected a grim and gruelling day but what I came away with was an amazing sense of solidarity, and tired cheeks from grinning all day!  Depending [...]

By Jo Whaley | Posted in Campaigning | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Common denominator

11 February 2011 – 6:24 pm

We were having a discussion earlier in the week on the size and scale of the change that is going on at present impacting on the North East.  Just from the top of my head I came up with the following list: Local authority budget cuts The Big Society (too many areas to mention individually) [...]

By John Main | Posted in Big Society, Commissioning and procurement, Communities, Health and wellbeing, In the news, North East economy, Regeneration, Support for sector, Uncategorised, Value of the sector | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

New Welfare proposals we want your views

11 November 2010 – 4:59 pm

Government launched a white paper with their plans to reform the welfare system, but what’s your views?

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Work Activity – a raise in benefits?

8 November 2010 – 11:42 am

If you want people to “experience of the habits and routines of working life” then pay forms a large part of that.

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Protect our safety net!

13 September 2010 – 5:02 pm

My greatest fear around the public sector spending cuts are to our society’s safety net- welfare benefits. The closure of the Independent Living Fund for new applicants, and the further threats to it from the spending review, mean that many severely disabled people will not be able to work or live independently (which ironically may [...]

By Jo Whaley | Posted in Campaigning, Health and wellbeing | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)

The mark of a civilized society…..

10 September 2010 – 2:47 pm

The vast majority of people access the welfare system because they need it, not because they want it.

By John Main | Posted in Campaigning, Communities, Regeneration, Uncategorised | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments (4)

If you complete only one consultation this summer…..

4 August 2010 – 6:29 pm

If you read through the latest consultation document on Welfare Reform ‘21st Century Welfare’  the cost implications of the current welfare system are raised on a number of occasions. £87 billion was spent on working-age benefits and Tax Credits in 2009/10. Error and fraud are estimated to cost the taxpayer around £5.2 billion a year. [...]

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Volunteers to the rescue?

8 July 2010 – 4:32 pm

On the Careers Development Group’s proposed professional/volunteer hybrid model.

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What direction now for welfare reform?

18 May 2010 – 3:13 pm

With the dust finally settling on the new coalition Government, now perhaps is a good time to reflect on some of the ministerial changes and what they might tell us about the future direction of welfare reform.

By John Main | Posted in Regeneration | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)