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rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 44m

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

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68460

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 45m

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

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68454

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 45m

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 · 46m

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

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 5h

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 · 23h

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

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 23h

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

@louisemurphy.bsky.social

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68440

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 23h

A radical alternative to our broken social security system already exists

@disrightsuk.bsky.social

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68442

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rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 1d

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

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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

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

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

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 5d

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

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rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 5d

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

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68414

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One in three legal workers ‘planning to get out’

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68400

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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

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New training dates from the Benefits Training Company

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68413

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Legal Aid Agency confirms that changes to SQM accreditation period are now in force

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68398