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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, renews his patronage.
“It’s a great privilege to continue as a patron of the Zacchaeus 2000 Trust who are doing enormously important work, helping thousands of Londoners living in poverty to increase their income, reduce their debt and have access to decent housing." Justin Welby, The Archbishop of Canterbury, on renewing his patronage with Zacchaeus 2000 Trust.
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Why the voices of tenants living on benefits in the Private Rented Sector Matter
In her blog, Raji discusses the impact of welfare reforms on our Private Rented Sector Access Scheme and why securing additional funding to employ a Campaigns and Tenants Voice Officer is so crucial for our work moving forward.
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Press Release: DWP Response to Work & Pensions Inquiry into the Benefit Cap
Anti-poverty charity, Z2K today slammed DWP’s response to the Work & Pensions Select Committee as “complacent” and “harmful”. The charity, which has helped hundreds of families affected by the cap since its introduction in 2013, was amongst those organisations giving evidence to the committee as part of its inquiry last autumn into the impact of the lower cap.
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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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Play Against Poverty Charity Football Match 18 May 2019
A charity football match, with a raffle & PS4 FIFA tournament, will be taking place on the 18th May at Leyton Orient football stadium in aid of Z2K. The match is sponsored and hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills. Tickets are FREE and all attendees will have a chance to participate in our raffle! Some of the prizes include a signed Arsenal shirt, pair of retro football boots, spa day for two, Tommy Hilfiger suit worth £310, and much more!
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Discretion is an injustice: DWP threatens to sanction disabled people challenging flawed health assessments under Universal Credit
Over 112,000 signed our petition, many of whom are shocked and upset about the DWP' discouraging GPs from providing fit notes and allowing people to access the appeal rate of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). But under Universal Credit no equivalent exists, leaving disabled people like “Aaron” threatened with sanctions.
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From Assessment to Assessment, from 65 Points to Zero: No Safety in the System
Our head of casework writes about one of our disabled clients who in 2016 was awarded 65 points on her Employment and Support Allowance with the recommendation never to be reassessed at Tribunal. She was then reassessed and awarded ZERO points.
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A plea to Amber Rudd: The Work Capability Assessment is in its 10th year, and it is killing people.
"When news broke at the weekend about the tragic death of Stephen Smith who was wrongly deemed fit for work and repeatedly denied crucial benefits by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), my first thought was, how much more tragedy needs to be reported before the DWP is finally persuaded to make urgent changes to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) process?" Ella, on why we need urgent reform and why we need it now.
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Press Release: Today, campaigners hand in petition with over 87,000 signatories to Amber Rudd demanding the immediate withdrawal of damaging letters affecting doctors and the disabled.
Over 87,000 people have signed Z2K’s petition to #ScraptheLetters. Today, they stand outside the Department for Work in Pensions in protest of the damaging and misleading letters they are sending to GPs stating that their patients do not need a “fit note” anymore because they’ve been found fit for work.
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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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Blocked from bidding: FOIs reveal Boroughs blocking homeless families on Universal Credit from successfully bidding for permanent accommodation
Daniel writes a piece based on one of his complaints and Freedom of Information requests revealing which Boroughs are effectively blocking homeless families on Universal Credit from successfully bidding for social housing because they are automatically in arrears.
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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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