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16 November 2021

Annual Report for 2021

The latest annual report for DUWC has just been published and is available to view. Highlights include details of our successful projects including the Tudor Trust ' Street Talker' initiative; Retaining the Universal Credit £20 uplift campaign; Help is Here the Shirebrook based migrant advice initiative and a sweep of all our locally based work. […]
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16 November 2021

Disability rights activists take DWP to the High Court over failure to give them £20 uplift.

What is the £20 uplift? Due to Covid, the Government added £20 a week to Universal Credit. The uplift ended this October, despite the effects of the pandemic continuing to disproportionately impact the UK’s poorest.  Why is it going to court? Whilst the uplift itself was arguably inadequate, £20 can make a massive difference to […]
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