6 February 2024- Universal Credit and Gender

APPG on Universal Credit and Gender meeting notes 06//02/24 APPG for Universal Credit Chair: Debbie Abrahams MP Speakers: Fran Bennett, Associate Fellow University of Oxford, Shola, service user at Ubuntu Multicultural Centre CIC, and Ramatoulie, Founder of Creative Minds Middlesborough, Annie…

6 September 2023 – Universal Credit and Sanctions

Summary of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Universal Credit 6 September 2023  APPG for Universal Credit Co-Chairs: Debbie Abrahams MP and Nigel Mills MP  Speakers:   Dr David Webster, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Glasgow, Dr Kate Harrison, Senior Policy Researcher, Citizens Advice,…

20 June 2023 – Universal Credit and Disability

Summary of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Universal Credit Tuesday 20 June 2023  APPG for Universal Credit Co-Chairs: Debbie Abrahams MP and Nigel Mills MP  Speakers:  Dominic Milne, Legal Rights Officer, Disability Benefits Consortium, Jamie Thunder, Policy, and Public Affairs Officer, Z2K (Zacchaeus…

Universal Credit and Cost-of-living Crisis  

Summary of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Universal Credit Tuesday 18 April 2023  APPG for Universal Credit Co-Chairs: Debbie Abrahams MP and Nigel  Mills MP  Speakers: Dr. Charlie Berry (Shelter), Iain Porter (Joseph Rowntree  Charitable Trust), Ieuan Ferrer (Trussell Trust) …

APPG on Universal Credit Annual General Meeting 2023

On Wednesday 17th May 2023, the APPG on Universal Credit will be hosting its annual general meeting. The event will be attended by the two co-chairs, Debbie Abrahams MP and Nigel Mills MP.  Per Parliamentary rules, the event can only be held in-person. Therefore, there will be no online function. Please…

The APPG on Mental health and the APPG on Universal Credit: Mental health and the Benefits System

Tuesday 8th March 2022, 10.30am-12 midday via zoom Minutes Debbie Abrahams MP: Chair of the APPG on Universal Credit. Event is run jointly with the APPG on Mental health, and am delighted to co-host with Vice Chair Wera Hobhouse MP…

1st March 2022 – Moving to UC: Natural, Voluntary, and Managed Migration

Minutes Citizen’s Advice – Rebecca Rennison Intro: Types of migration: Natural migration (Universal Credit – change in circumstances) Voluntary migration (Choosing to move to Universal Credit) Managed migration (moving legacy onto Universal Credit) How to understand more complex claims/worries: People…

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