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the impact on the cash savings marketplace and its role in supporting retirement income. The Government and FCA need to press the industry to develop default productpathways, which are essential to help ... the risk of fraud. 1.3 These, and others, are all significant issues that need action from the Government, the Financial Conduct Authority and other stakeholders if pension saving is truly going to serve
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mission, and that the Charity achieves maximum possible impact for its beneficiaries Champion good governance to the highest standards, ensuring compliance with Charity Commission and other regulatory requirements ... requirements and Trustees fulfil their duties and responsibilities for the effective governance of the Charity. Ensure that the Board regularly reviews major risks and opportunities, and satisfies itself
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communities. We acknowledge the significant financial challenges facing local authorities and public bodies in Wales. However, we believe that maintaining facilities to provide an inclusive age friendly built ... seating in communities, including shopping centres, parks, bus stops and other public places. Welsh Government should place a statutory duty on local authorities in Wales to provide sufficient numbers of accessible
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issues of importance to them. The Golden Thread Advocacy Programme (GTAP) has been funded by Welsh Government for three years to run alongside and support the implementation of Part 10 (Advocacy) of the Social ... Cymru, in partnership with Age Connects and Diverse Cymru. We are pleased to respond to Welsh Government’s consultation on the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016: Phase 3 Implementation
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services. 1.2 The Government’s current energy efficiency targets are welcome but not ambitious enough. Faster progress and a more ambitious strategy are needed. 1.3 The Government should commit to extending ... whole houses at a time, be led by local areas and bring in infrastructure spending. 1.4 The Government should develop a more effective replacement scheme for the Green Deal involving smarter marketing
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been largely exempted from the ban. The Equality Act 2010 must be effectively used by the Welsh Government and all public authorities in Wales to protect older people from discrimination and promote age ... and the Welsh specific equality duties provide a framework for decision-making that assists public bodies to understand the needs of the ageing population and ensures that decisions they make do not disproportionately
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issues of importance to them. The Golden Thread Advocacy Programme (GTAP) has been funded by Welsh Government for three years to run alongside and support the implementation of Part 10 (Advocacy) of the Social ... Cymru, in partnership with Age Connects and Diverse Cymru. We are pleased to respond to Welsh Government’s consultation on the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016: Phase 3 Implementation
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sustainable infrastructure of generalist advice agencies. The Government needs to take a strategic approach to maintain the infrastructure across government departments, pooling funding, and enabling best practice ... telecoms and banking.2 We support faster switching but the Government also needs to tackle other barriers to switching. This should involve the Government conducting further research to understand the wide range
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briefing picks out the main points, but the full documents are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/topicalevents/spring-budget-2017 Age UK – along with many other organisations - has been calling ... think again, in the hope that a more sustainable approach is on the way. If it isn’t then the Government's rescue package might well need to be followed by a further bail out for social care later this
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Welfare benefits or entitlements 23 The Welsh Government Warm Homes Nest scheme 25 UK Government schemes 27 Energy supplier charitable funds or trusts 29 Government measures to help with 30 cost of living ... this by your phone. Claiming benefits, entitlements or other financial assistance – UK Government, Welsh Government or energy company schemes Make sure you claim all the financial support you can to help
