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LETTER: Cross Party MPs call for action to protect Afghan Nationals

A cross-party group of Members of Parliament have written to the Home Secretary asking for urgent action to protect Afghan nationals. The full letter and signatories below: SENT VIA EMAIL to Rt Hon Priti Patel MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department 19 August 2021 Re: Securing adequate protection for Afghan nationals Dear Home Secretary, The …

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OMIW ARTICLE: UK Govt Must Rectify Errors Made for WASPI Women

Article, Welfare / By Drew Hendry MP

For years women born in the 1950s have been fighting for pension justice, including over 7000 women living here in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey. Despite paying year after year into their pension, over 2.6 million women born in the 1950s have to wait up to an additional two and a half years before they can …

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OMIW ARTICLE: After 2 Years of Campaigning, Six Month Rule for People with Terminal Illness Scrapped

Article, Universal Credit, Welfare / By Drew Hendry MP

Last week, there was some rare welcome news from the UK Government on my #scrap6months campaign to improve access to welfare support for people living with terminal illnesses. As some of you may recall, back in 2017, I set up a cross-party group on Terminal Illness after hearing about the horrific treatment my constituent received …

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LETTER: Terminal Illness Review

Welfare / By Drew Hendry MP

A cross-party group of MPs have written to the Prime Minister to urge him to act ensure the DWP publishes the conclusions of its review as a matter of urgency and that proposals to scrap the six-month rule and make other changes needed to improve access to benefits for people with terminal illness are brought …

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LETTER: UK Minister urged to publish delayed review

Welfare / By Drew Hendry MP

The chairs of two cross-party groups in the UK Parliament have written to Justin Tomlinson MP, the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work to publish its review of how the welfare system treats terminally ill people. The letter from the Chair of the APPG for Terminal Illness and the Chair of the APPG for …

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RELEASE: Drew Hendry MP & Jason Isaacs Support Marie Curie ‘s 35th Great Daffodil Appeal

Article, Welfare / By Drew Hendry MP

Drew Hendry MP, Chair of the UK Government All-Party Parliamentary Group for Terminal Illness, and Harry Potter actor, Jason Isaacs, have joined forces to support end of life charity Marie Curie provide care and support to more people living with a terminal illness. Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey MP Drew Hendry and Marie Curie Ambassador …

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RELEASE: Tory Government needs to get serious on tackling poverty

Universal Credit, Welfare / By Drew Hendry MP

UK GOVERNMENT MUST MATCH HOLYROOD’S EFFORTS, NEW REPORT SHOWS To mark the beginning of Challenge Poverty Week, local MP Drew Hendry has renewed calls on the UK Government to get serious on tackling poverty and make the COVID Universal Credit increase permanent and extend it to legacy benefits. Mr Hendry’s calls follow a new report …

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