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Latest news
Government’s welfare reform proposals subject of new Committee inquiry
The cross-party Work and Pensions Committee has today launched its new inquiry on the Government’s welfare reform proposals, Pathways to Work.
3 April 2025
Manchester evidence session to quiz Burnham on Jobcentre reforms
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham will be among the witnesses when the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee holds a public evidence session in Manchester Town Hall as it continues its inquiry into reforming Jobcentres.
28 March 2025
Health and disability green paper: Work and Pensions Committee Chair “mindful” of effects of reform on vulnerable
Today the Government announced reforms to health and disability social security support when they published ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working’. This has particularly focused on changes to incapacity and disability benefits as well as health assessments. The Government has said that the reforms will enable more people with chronic long term health conditions, or who are disabled, to return to and stay in work.
18 March 2025
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23 April 2025
9:30am
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Get Britain Working: Reforming Jobcentres - Oral evidence
23 April 2025
9:30am
- Abdi Mohamed (Head of Policy, Campaigns and Public Affairs at Scope)
- Balbir Kaur Chatrik (Director of Policy and Communications at Centrepoint)
- Sam Reid (Research Manager at Migrant Help)
- Liz Sewell (Director at Belina Grow)
10:30am
- Martin Cavanagh (PCS President at PCS)
- Angela Grant (PCS DWP President at PCS)
- Andrew McGregor (Chair of Careers Forum at UNISON)
The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday
22 April 2025
4:00pm
Public
Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work - Oral evidence
22 April 2025
4:00pm
- Professor Ben Geiger (Professor in Social Science and Health at King’s College London)
- Tom Pollard (Head of Social Policy at New Economics Foundation)
- Jean-André Prager (Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange)
- Ruth Curtice (Chief Executive at Resolution Foundation)
5:00pm
- Ruth Patrick (Professor of Social Policy at University of York)
- Iain Porter (Senior Policy Adviser at Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
- Angela Matthews (Director of Public Policy and Research at Business Disability Forum)
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
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