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consulting on draft regulations which will reduce the period of time that Housing Benefit and State Pension Credit can be paid when someone is temporarily out of Great Britain (GB). This will be reduced ... The changes, due to come in on 1st April 2016, will affect around 130,000 Housing Benefit and Pension Credit claimants. They are expected to reduce benefit expenditure by £20 million in the first year
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screening (even when breasts are removed, not all potentially cancerous glands are removed) ⚫ the state of silicone testicular implants and/or penile prosthetics. 6.2 Being a healthy older trans woman ... vagina (vaginoplasty) ⚫ the health of your vagina ⚫ breast self-examination and mammograms ⚫ the state of silicone breast implants ⚫ Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening – checking for a swollen or
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global context UP TO RETIREMENT AROUND STATE PENSION AGE IN RETIREMENT Private pension membership has fallen but is being increased by auto enrolment 204,581 pension policies accessed in three months since ... April 2015, compared to 95,372 in same period of 2013 New state pension from April 2016 £3.7bn benefits unclaimed by pensioners Big falls in pensioner poverty but progress now stalled Enough money 1967 8.1m
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enable people to bring claims on grounds of multiple discrimination. Section 14 of the Equality Act 2010 should be immediately brought into force to enable dual discrimination claims to be brought. We call ... call on the Government to repeal Tribunal fees for discrimination claims. 1.4. The Government should provide support to enable all those providing care who wish to work to do so. Employers should have
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Carer’s Credit. This helps to maintain your National Insurance record – which goes towards your State Pension . You will get Carer’s Credit automatically if you get Carer’s Allowance, although you don’t
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Living Allowance (DLA) equivalent are automatically entitled to a blue badge. People over 65 who claim higher rate Attendance Allowance (AA) – over 75,000 people in Wales - are not. They have to demonstrate ... another council introducing vetting procedures before someone is even allowed to fill in an application form. Inconsistency of approach creates uncertainty for applicants and can mean that those who need accessible
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with the client. Example A client asks whether she can get help with her Council Tax bill and how to claim. You give her a leaflet Help with Council Tax and details of her local benefits office. You let her ... client can take • some assistance, e.g. contacting third parties to seek information, filling in forms. Client assistance would usually be completed within one interview, although there may be some follow-up
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by the mixed evidence which exists on attitudinal change. Research by the Department for Work and Pensions suggests the 50+ age group appears to have fared badly with regards to employers viewing them as ... point pre-dating the Regulations’ introduction. However, as of 2010-11 the number of discrimination claims made by individuals on grounds of age is broadly comparable to those relating to other characteristics
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where they have become available. These sort of activities, which can help you improve your strength, form some of the key messages in our Falls Awareness Campaign that you can read more on p9. You can also ... poverty, while it’s estimated that some 80,000 households in Wales that are eligible for Pension Credit are not claiming it. Loneliness is also a major issue for older people with 220,000 saying they have felt
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and Professional Advisers 96 Contents 2 Message from the Chairman and Chief Executive The overall state of the economy has impacted on many charities – and Age UK is no exception. We experienced a drop ... simpler and fairer deal for State Pensions and we were pleased that in January 2013 the Government published a White Paper outlining a single-tier State Pension for future pensioners that will take effect in
