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rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 23h

Coming up in Parliament ....

This week's social welfare law highlights in the Commons and the Lords

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68477

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 3d

Advice Services Alliance have been in touch to say that they've extended the deadline for nominations for the first Advising Londoners Awards ...

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68486

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 3d

‘Make or break’ for social care as councils warn of a ‘triple whammy’ of risks from government reorganisation plans

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68483

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A reminder that the deadline for applying for Lambeth Council's vacancy is coming up over the weekend:

- Welfare Benefit Adviser
- 35 hours a week
- £41,580 rising to £42,861 inc LW
- Location: Hybrid working
- Deadline: 12 October 2025

More: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 3d

We just added a new vacancy listing from Citizens Advice Richmond:

- Advice Session Supervisor
- 35 hours a week
- £33,662 per annum + pension contribution
- Location: London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames
- Deadline: Rolling

Find out more: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 3d

Is removing graffiti really a priority when there are rotting seabirds in the roof?

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68468

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 4d

A reminder that the deadline for applying for Hammersmith & Fulham's vacancy is coming up tomorrow:

- Financial Inclusion Strategy Lead
- London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
- 36 hours a week
- £56,436 - £59,574
- Deadline: 10 October 2025

More: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 4d

In-work poverty is causing misery, with more than half of low-paid parents forced to turn to food banks

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rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 4d

Government right to rule out reintroducing employment tribunal fees

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68465

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 4d

Universal credit is back in the dock - this time at the United Nations

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68461

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 5d

Kemi Badenoch calls for ‘British benefits for British citizens’ and says that Motability vehicles ‘are not for people with ADHD’

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rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 5d

More than 1,600 people died while homeless in the UK in 2024

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DWP staff union calls for new and positive conversation about the social security system

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68453

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 5d

Work coaches say they’re struggling to find employers who can accommodate disabled people and get them into work

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68447

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We just added a new vacancy listing from Disability Advice Services Lambeth:

- Welfare Benefits Caseworker
- 35 hours per week
- £31,879 per annum
- Location: Brixton, London
- Deadline: 17 October 2025

Find out more: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 6d

Shadow Justice Secretary: Judges who blur the line between adjudication and activism can have no place in our justice system

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68444

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‘Increasingly perplexing’ that DWP statistics don’t better reflect the move from legacy benefits to universal credit

@louisemurphy.bsky.social

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rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 6d

A radical alternative to our broken social security system already exists

@disrightsuk.bsky.social

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rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 6d

A heads up that the deadline for applying for RABI's vacancy is coming up in a couple of days:

- Regional Support Manager (South Wales)
- Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution
- 35 hours per week
- £32,460
- Deadline: 9 October 2025

More: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 7d

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary: Millions of people are ‘sitting on the sofa’ having signed onto sickness benefits with just a form and a phone call

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68433

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 7d

Shadow Chancellor: Conservatives would get the welfare bill down by £23 billion

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68428

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 10d

Don’t miss out ... vacancy deadlines approaching:

- Benefits Advisor
- Organisation: Maggie's
- Deadline: 5 October, 2025

- Welfare Benefits Caseworker
- Organisation: Hackney Community Law Centre
- Deadline: 6 October, 2025

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68390

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 10d

New ‘motherhood penalty’ figures show stark and unfair reality for working mothers in the UK

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One in three legal workers ‘planning to get out’

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IFS: Support for children with additional needs is fragmented and hasn’t kept pace with changing needs

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68411