Tag: Karen Bradley
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NI Audit Office report confirms that Universal Credit mitigation package has failed most vulnerable
Uptake of mitigations funds falls £136 million below Executive target leaving claimants to face full brunt of Tory welfare reform package Only 82 percent of Universal Credit claimants paid on time with more than half drawing down advance payment to avoid six week delay January 17th: Albert Hewitt, Unite Community Coordinator said that the Northern…
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Protest at Department for Communities, Belfast tomorrow as part of Unite’s national day of action against Universal Credit
Campaigners to gather outside Department for Communities building on Bedford Street, Belfast Albert Hewitt explained why his union’s community members will be protesting against Universal Credit outside the Department for Communities buildings in Belfast tomorrow at 2pm: “While Universal Credit has been an unmitigated disaster for working-class people across the UK, it’s impact in Northern Ireland…
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Legislation to break logjam on Departmental decision-making must lead to swift action on NHS pay disparities
Unite calls on the Permanent Secretary for Department of Health, Richard Pengelly, to meet with trade unions to discuss extension of UK-wide pay and terms & conditions reforms to Northern Ireland Northern Ireland healthcare workers have been left behind on pay as a result of political failure October 18th: On behalf of his union’s healthcare…