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On this page you will find campaign responses related to the Department for Work and Pensions. The department is responsible for:

  • understanding and dealing with the causes of poverty rather than its symptoms
  • encouraging people to work and making work pay
  • encouraging disabled people and those with ill health to work and be independent
  • providing a decent income for people of pension age and promoting saving for retirement
  • providing value for money and reducing levels of fraud and error
  • reducing work-related death and serious injury in workplaces through the Health and Safety Executive
Campaigns

Absestos Victims Compensation

I am deeply saddened by cases of asbestos related disease am sympathetic to people who are unable to trace a liable employer or insurer against whom they can bring forward a claim for these terrible diseases.

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Abuse of Shop Workers

Dear Constituent,

Thank you for contacting me about protections for retail workers. 

Local Housing Allowance

Following the outbreak of the Coronavirus, the Government has acted swiftly to protect renters and ensure that those who need it are able to access support and remain in their homes.

Coronavirus: "Cancel the Cut to Universal Credit" Campaign

Dear Constituent,

Thank you for contacting me about the £20 per week uplift to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits. 

Coronavirus: End the Rent Debt Crisis

Dear Constituent,

Thank you for contacting me about debt and private renters.

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