My latest cooking experiment: pear and cardamom almondine courtesy of Sarah (another with the patience and understanding of a beekeeper’s wife). I was testing out with the amazingly complex Thermomix that has been languishing on the worksurface until friend, Joan,…
My latest cooking experiment: pear and cardamom almondine courtesy of Sarah (another with the patience and understanding of a beekeeper’s wife). I was testing out with the amazingly complex Thermomix that has been languishing on the worksurface until friend, Joan,…
Here are the last questions in the Personal Independence Payments consultation being undertaken by the government. You can answer some or all the questions and I’m very happy to gather responses and send them off as one group input. Chapter…
Here’s your chance to influence a change to our disability benefits. Don’t mis out: let me know what’s important to you and I’ll put it in a composite response. Chapter 3 – Consultation questions Q18. PIP provides a contribution towards extra costs.…
Why now is a great time to submit tax returns Tax returns for 2023 to 2024 can be submitted any time ahead of the January deadline. We strongly encourage our customers and tax agents to submit tax returns well before…
Many people with health conditions (long-term physical or mental health or learning disabilities) may have fallen foul of the DWP benefits system over the last 10 years. It can be hugely demeaning, distressing and add new mental health illness or…
Your thoughts on the PIP consultation are still valuable. Don’t forget that the same principles are likely to apply for anyone being transferred from DLA over coming years. The second set of questions are: Chapter 2 – Consultation questions Q9.…
Here are the first few questions from this long document. You can send your thoughts to me for a combined response or make your own at respond online via the form or consultation.modernisingsupport@DWP.GOV.UK Q1. What are your views on…
At a charity conference last week. What a mass of talent in the room: a former rugby player and singer, a defence specialist, a company law consultant, a member of a benefits tribunal, a tax specialist. And those were only…
At a charity conference last week. What a mass of talent in the room: a former rugby player and singer, a defence specialist, a company law consultant, a member of a benefits tribunal, a tax specialist. And those were only…
