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By Kingsley Purdam Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion, Health and Social Care Posted:
As the winter months and colder weather approach, the University of Manchester’s Kingsley Purdam explains how welfare reform and austerity has affected the growing numbers of older people. Ongoing research into food insecurity shows older people are at risk of under-nutrition because of poverty, or because they don’t get the support they need to shop, […]
By Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson Filed Under: All posts Posted:
The face of Britain’s Paralympic success and a tireless campaigner for the rights and recognition of disabled people, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is an inspiration to millions. Against a backdrop of ongoing cuts to welfare budgets and her continuing work influencing the UK Government’s Welfare Reform bills in the House of Lords, Dame Grey-Thompson visited The […]
By Sue Heath Filed Under: Featured, Health and Social Care, Whitehall Watch Posted:
The Government wants people on housing benefit to share accommodation to bring down costs. But, Sue Heath warns, voluntary arrangements usually work better than compulsion. The Government’s welfare reform programme is penalising under-occupation of social rented accommodation that is paid for by housing benefit. One approach favoured by the Government is more sharing of accommodation […]