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Sanctions: where's the support? | Child Poverty Action Group
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Child Poverty Action Group. Sanctions: where's the support? Sanctions: where's the support? It’s all change at Westminster once again. After five years dominated by the pace and scale of change to the social security system, the new Parliament promises some more pretty big changes, many of which were discussed in this week’s Welfare Reform and Work Bill debate. But some things never seem to change. During Work and Pensions Questions. When pressed on the issue, Ms Patel went on to say she could. Based on ...
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Free School Meals | Child Poverty Action Group
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Child Poverty Action Group. The Scottish Free School Meals Campaign has enjoyed real success over the last 12 months. In early 2014, following sustained activity led by CPAG in Scotland along with Campaign members, the Scottish Government announced that as of January 2015, all children in Primary 1, 2 and 3 in Scotland will be entitled to a healthy free school lunch. The Scottish Free School Meals Campaign is delighted with progress to date. However, much remains to be done. It will immediately relieve s...
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How you can help | Child Poverty Action Group
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Child Poverty Action Group. How you can help. How you can help. Since our first meeting in 1965, right up to the present day, we have worked tirelessly to ensure that every child that grows up in the UK has a fair chance in life to reach their full potential. We need your voice on behalf of the one in four children in poverty in the UK. Help us by joining our network of campaigners. Donate to us to help us continue our vital work. As an independent charity we rely on your support. You can:.
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Membership | Child Poverty Action Group
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Child Poverty Action Group. How you can help. Become a CPAG member support our work and stay informed about social security benefits, tax credits and research and policy on child poverty. You can join as either an individual or an organisation. Rights membership - now with NEW member benefits. If you're an adviser or anyone who needs in-depth knowledge of social security benefits, Rights membership is for you. It includes these great benefits:. Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook. An excellent way ...
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Challenge events | Child Poverty Action Group
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Child Poverty Action Group. How you can help. Vitality British 10k London Run. Race 10k around London's most iconic sites through the heart of Central London and support Child Poverty Action Group's work to ensure every child counts. Taking place on 10 July 2016, there's plenty of time to train, even for the novice runner. We have plenty of places so why not register with friends or colleagues as a team. Registration fee: 30. Sponsorship level: 200. To register, please email our fundraising team. Visit t...
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Too poor to pay: the impact of the second year of localised council tax support in London | Child Poverty Action Group
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Child Poverty Action Group. Too poor to pay: the impact of the second year of localised council tax support in London. Too poor to pay: the impact of the second year of localised council tax support in London. Too poor to pay. When the local schemes started up, funding was cut by 10 per cent. To plug the gap, many councils began demanding minimum payments of up to 380 per year from working age residents who had been deemed too poor to pay anything under the previous national scheme. Read the full report.
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Benefits for young people | Child Poverty Action Group
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Child Poverty Action Group. Benefits for young people. This course will help advisers, social services staff, housing workers, youth and education workers and anyone advising young people to get to grips with the complex and changing benefit rules relating to young people. The course looks at how the benefits system applies to young people particularly those aged 16 21. Income support and employment and support allowance. Jobseeker’s allowance (including severe hardship and sanctions)and housing benefit.
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Training | Child Poverty Action Group
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Child Poverty Action Group. CPAG's experience in the welfare rights field is unrivalled and this is reflected in the quality of our training. Our courses cover all aspects of welfare benefits, tax credits, the welfare rights system and universal credit. Sign up for our monthly email. With training, events and publications news and offers. Appeals to the Upper Tribunal. Appeals to the Upper Tribunal (Scotland). Benefits and tax credits law update (Scotland). Benefits and tax credits law update. Income max...
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Dealing with delays | Child Poverty Action Group
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Child Poverty Action Group. This course looks at the legal and practical issues faced in trying to resolve issues of delay when advising benefit and tax credit claimants. The problem of delay can occur at all stages of a case:. Where a claim has been made and a decision is awaited. Where an award has been made but payment is not made. Waiting for assessment to see which group an ESA claimant should be in. Waiting for a revision or supersession request to be dealt with. Keywords associated with this page.
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Take action on council tax support | Child Poverty Action Group
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Child Poverty Action Group. Take action on council tax support. Write to your MP to urge them to call on the government to listen to the evidence on how cuts to council tax support have impacted on the poorest. Take action now. OUT NOW - Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook 2016/17. For more information and to order your copy, please click here. Child poverty facts and figures. How you can help. Visit the CPAG in Scotland section.
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