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Anti-poverty charity, Z2K, welcomes the Work and Pensions Committee’s new report on the DWP’s response to the coronavirus outbreak
"Disabled people, charities, the Government’s own Social Security Advisory Committee and now the cross-party select committee have all called for this injustice to be corrected. Ministers must stop wasting crucial time and extend the emergency increase to all out of work benefits to ensure everyone is kept safe during this pandemic.” Anela Anwar, Z2K's CEO, responds to the Work and Pension Committee's new report on the DWP's response to the coronavirus outbreak
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A social security system for the long-term, not just COVID-19
Our Social Security system should act as a safety net. With the outbreak of COVID-19, the number of people needing its support has risen by over a million, and the cracks that have been there for years are suddenly at the forefront of a lot more people’s attention.
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Anti-poverty charity, Z2K, welcomes Stephen Timms as Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee
We are looking forward to working with the Committee to ensure that the Government delivers on its commitment to reduce poverty through the tax and benefits system, and to ensure that those who truly can’t work are given the help they need.
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Ending DWP’s “hostile environment” against disabled people – Labour Conference Fringe
This year, Z2K hosted a fringe meeting at Labour Party Conference to discuss what more can be done by the voluntary sector, local government and the Labour Movement to force DWP to make fundamental reforms to the disability benefit assessments and help those claimants affected in the meantime.
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Join us for Z2K’s Labour Conference Fringe Meeting
Ending DWP’s “hostile environment” against disabled people The session will be chaired by Raji Hunjan, Z2K Chief Executive, and will feature: - Marsha De Cordova MP (Shadow Disabilities Minister) - Ruth George MP (Work & Pensions Select Committee) - Jim Widdowson (Z2K Client) Date & Time: 12.30pm, Tuesday 24th September Venue: Regency Suite, Old Ship Hotel
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An update on Z2K’s #ScraptheLetters campaign
We launched our campaign to stop the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) from sending letters telling doctors to withhold sick notes from the ill and disabled people seeking Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
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The Benefit Cap: after a damning indictment of one of the Government’s flagship welfare reform policies, the question now is what happens next?
Marc Francis reflects on the Work and Pensions Select Committee's recent report on the Benefit Cap and writes about next steps.
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DWP Letters to GPs: Why it Matters
Raji writes about our #ScraptheLetters campaign which launched on Monday calling on the department for work and pensions to withdraw their misleading and damaging letters telling GPs to withhold sick notes from the ill and disabled people seeking Employment and Support Allowance.
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Press Release: Time to Scrap the Cap
Anti-poverty charity, Zacchaeus 2000 Trust (Z2K), today welcomed the Work & Pensions Select Committee’s damning criticism of the Government’s Benefit Cap on Social Security.
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Universal Credit: When “Natural Migration” causes more harm than good
When Judy found herself being moved on to Universal Credit, she had not anticipated the stress and financial anxiety it would cause her. Rather than helping her to take control of her life, it has set her back in her mental health and ability to live independently. Z2K Caseworker, Natasha Cross, on UC and natural migration. UPDATE: Our evidence to the Work and Pensions committee has now been published.
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Select Committee inquiry into the Welfare Safety Net
As the Work & Pensions Select Committee begins a new inquiry into the reasons so many people are falling through the Welfare Safety Net into severe poverty and destitution, Z2K's Marc Francis explains why we hope they will take a closer look at the role played by the "localisation" of Council Tax Benefit.
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Z2K gives evidence to Work & Pensions Select Committee Benefit Cap Inquiry
In October, Z2K’s Policy & Campaigns Director gave evidence to the Work & Pensions Select Committee as part of its inquiry into the impact of the Government’s Benefit Cap. Watch here see why we think the cap should be scrapped and hope the committee will at least recommend that all disabled people, lone parents with young children and homeless households should be exempted from it.
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