Our latest data shows that people’s problems are becoming more urgent and more complex. And the systems designed to support them are harder to navigate than ever. Join us on 25 September to hear from a panel of experts and explore our data ⤵️ https://bit.ly/41XFPsn #CADataInsights

A new report by the Work and Pensions Committee is calling on the government to go further with its plans to reform Jobcentres

As Victoria says "the UC bill will have far reaching consequences, many of which haven’t been properly debated or understood". There is no upside here. It's simply an attack on disabled people, making work less not more likely 👇

Cuts to disability benefits weren’t totally averted! 🚨New report out today explaining why the Universal Credit Bill will harm disabled people and exploring who will be impacted by the cuts. www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...

This is fascinating stuff from Tom and colleagues at @neweconomics.bsky.social and Camden Council 👇

For @theleaduk.bsky.social I had another look at the impact of the poorly-designed 'Making Tax Digital' policy on the most economically vulnerable workers in the economy. The added cost for disabled people at the same time as benefit cuts is inexplicable. national.thelead.uk/p/making-tax...

Our letter to Stephen Timms on the conduct of the review into Personal Independence Payment www.turn2us.org.uk/about-us/new...

Read the letter 👇 www.turn2us.org.uk/about-us/new...

The Timms Review could be an opportunity for the government to rebuild trust with disabled people. Working with @turn2us.org.uk and 16 other leading charities, we are today launching an open letter calling for the government to ensure the Review is meaningfully co-produced.

My team at @citizensadvice.bsky.social is recruiting for a Policy Research Assistant. Come and join us! www.jobtrain.co.uk/citizensadvi...

ICYMI We published 2 excellent briefs on Universal Credit recently, feeding into the government's review of how well Universal Credit is (not) working 🧵

ICYMI We published 2 excellent briefs on Universal Credit recently, feeding into the government's review of how well Universal Credit is (not) working 🧵

The welfare team takes pride in being friendly and supportive. But don't let that fool you - we're also a lean, mean, policy influencing machine. If you want to do impactful research, based on insights from our front line services, then come and join us

Come and join the best team going to do impactful work on welfare policy. This is a great opportunity to learn and develop research and influencing skills in a friendly and supportive organisation.

Excellent briefing from Sarah and Julia --> A better fit: how Universal Credit can improve income stability for employees with fluctuating and non-monthly pay www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...

My team at @citizensadvice.bsky.social is recruiting for a Policy Research Assistant. Come and join us! www.jobtrain.co.uk/citizensadvi...

New @citizensadvice.bsky.social briefing published with @julia-rt.bsky.social‬ on how Universal Credit can adapt to promote income stability for working households. We set out policy options for the UC review to consider to reflect the reality of low paid employment.

The 1% of men who think they could beat Pickford but not Hampton - these are my people

Excellent briefing and thread from @jagnaolejniczak.bsky.social 👇 We looked into how our clients really experience the transition to work from the Universal Credit system, suggesting work incentives are helpful but not adequate, and wider barriers to employment are being overlooked

Excellent briefing and thread from @jagnaolejniczak.bsky.social 👇 We looked into how our clients really experience the transition to work from the Universal Credit system, suggesting work incentives are helpful but not adequate, and wider barriers to employment are being overlooked

The narrative around Universal Credit has long centred around work incentives. This new briefing examines how effective UC is at encouraging employment – and how that focus may have overshadowed the deeper complexities of getting into work. 🧵 🔗 www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...

Raising state pension age is a surefire way of increasing spend on disability benefits www.ft.com/content/1b30...

Great to see @julia-rt.bsky.social's work getting a bit of recognition here. The UC review (DWP's 'other' Timms review!) has kinda been forgotten recently but we're still pushing the government to make the changes necessary for UC to succeed www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of...

Health inequalities and cause/effect re local labour market experiences - brilliant thread by @dremilylynn.bsky.social on our deep dive into Chapeltown in Leeds 👇

Health inequalities and cause/effect re local labour market experiences - brilliant thread by @dremilylynn.bsky.social on our deep dive into Chapeltown in Leeds 👇

🚨 New report alert 🚨 We’ve launched our first local deep dive research into health inequalities - starting in Chapeltown, Leeds. What does geography have to do with health & work? Quite a lot, it turns out. 🧵

New paper from Citizens Advice on how to deliver tangible growth - which puts money in people’s pockets - in consumer markets. TLDR: Consumer confidence is key & slashing hard won consumer protections without adequate safeguards isn’t the answer.

Our report on economic activity and health inequalities - absolutely packed with insights from @epemberton.bsky.social and @dremilylynn.bsky.social. See Ed's thread below for a summary

1) New report alert 📚! Written [email protected] and myself, it looks at the relationship between health and work. It is the first report from our wider project on health inequalities, funded by @healthfoundation.bsky.social‬. 🔗 www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...

Everything about this awful policy is wrong. How it was conjured up, how the people affected were silenced, how it was justified, how the impact assessment was manipulated, how the Bill was rushed through Parliament, and how it was completely forgotten after the news cycle moved on after last week

Victoria's must-read assessment of the remaining disability benefits cuts bill before today's vote 👇

We're still asking MPs to vote against the disability cuts bill tomorrow. New blog explaining why is out now: wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/3-reasons-wh...

Brilliant post from @victoria-anns.bsky.social on why the UCPIP must still be opposed. It will take vital income from disabled people most in need

The Universal Credit (UC) and Personal Independence Payment bill has its third reading on Wednesday. Cuts to UC health look to be going ahead. Here’s 3 reasons why that’s a bad idea ⤵️

Our CEO @claremoriarty.bsky.social's response to UCPIP Bill passing second reading:

The government tried to pull off an arbitrary cut to disability benefits, reverse engineered from a savings target. There was never a coherent argument for it, and so they could never convince. The PM's morality line was particularly misguided. None of it ever connected to the substance of reforms

This was always likely to be the case 👇 But it's a trap. Of course pre-Timms claimants will be reassessed under the post-Timms system. That's why pre-Timms and post-Timms are going to be virtually identical

It's down to MPs to send the government back to the drawing board. Here's my thread yesterday on why the concessions and mitigations being offered are inadequate. This bill will have a devastating impact on disabled people

If Parliament votes in favour of the UCPIP Bill it will enshrine an arbitrary cut in law. We welcome the Timms Review but once again the government is doing things in the wrong order. @CitizensAdvice is asking MPs to vote against these proposals and calling on government to step back and think again

We’re asking all MPs to vote against the UCPIP Bill today. The government’s own impact assessment says the cuts will plunge 150,000 people into poverty by the end of this Parliament. This is likely an underestimate. MPs must protect their disabled constituents and vote against this Bill.

We are coming together as organisations committed to fighting poverty, providing advice, and supporting and championing the rights of disabled people, their families, and carers. We are calling for the UK government to withdraw the UC & PIP Bill Full statement: www.ucpipbill.co.uk/wp-content/u...

If the UCPIP Bill becomes law it will cut PIP for over 400k disabled people & UC for over 700k people who are disabled or have a long-term health condition by 2030. Government’s own impact assessment says the cuts will plunge 150k people into poverty by the end of this Parliament

If the UCPIP Bill passes, the arbitrary 4 point rule will be enshrined in law. It will prevent the Timms Review from being genuine co-production with disabled people. Citizens Advice is urging MPs to vote for their constituents & against the Bill tday. wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/these-are-no...

There is a trap at the heart of the PIP review. Co-production, great. Reviewing points system, great.But the review is not going to recommend more 4 point descriptors on the eve of a new system being implemented.This is about altering who gets PIP, not ensuring it is reinstated for people losing out

"These are not reforms" - spot on from @lauralhutch.bsky.social and @tommacinnes.bsky.social

It's possible I was too generous here. The government's briefing suggests only the existing UC health rate will be uprated. The halved rate for most new claimants will presumably still be frozen www.gov.uk/government/n...

A long thread on why the concessions in and around the UCPIP Bill (ie the disability benefits cuts) are illusory, disingenuous and potentially makes things worse 🧵 There are 5 big myths to bust -fifth is the most difficult to untangle, but the most significant in my view, so please do bear with 🙂

Excl: Disabled Labour MP says disability benefits concessions would create ‘unethical two-tier system’. Olivia Blake, one of only nine MPs in parliament who has a disclosed disability, urges her colleagues to vote against the bill. My story: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

After all the rumours we now know what's in the amendment. From November next year, new claimants who need help to cut up food, dress, wash, or use the toilet would be denied the lifeline that PIP provides. For young disabled people and people who become disabled in the future, it is utterly bleak

Changes to UCPIP bill are result of campaigners & disabled people speaking out about the profound harm the govt was about to inflict. However, the bill remains illogical & inherently unfair. The govt should pause & come back with meaningful reform if serious about “fixing the foundations”.