Forum Brief: Charities and red tape
Policy Consultation 18 February 2004
Comment from the Disabilites Trust and Counsel and Care.
Forum Brief: Tackling Poverty
Policy Consultation 4 February 2004
Comments from The Jospeh Rowntree Foundation; Counsel and Care; and Help the Aged
Forum Brief: Fuel poverty
Policy Consultation 3 February 2004
Comment from Help the Aged; Counsel and Care; and Age Concern.
Forum Brief: Women's pensions
Policy Consultation 2 February 2004
Comments from ARPO50; Counsel and Care; Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Age Concern; Institute of Directors; OPRA; and Help the Aged.
Counsel and Care
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Counsel and Care: Welcome
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Forum Brief: Pensions
Policy Consultation 12 January 2004
Peers have demanded radical changes to the state pensions system.
Forum Brief: Queen's Speech - Draft Charities Bill
Policy Consultation 26 November 2003
The UK's charity sector is facing an overhaul under draft legislation to be set out during this session.
Forum Brief: Charity law
Policy Consultation 16 July 2003
David Blunkett has announced a new legal definition of a charity, requiring the organisations to work for the "public benefit" in one of 12 key areas.
Forum Brief: Social exclusion and older people
Policy Consultation 16 July 2003
Seven out of ten older people in deprived areas are vulnerable to or experience at least some form of social exclusion according to a report published by the Economic and
Forum Brief: Pensions
Policy Consultation 11 July 2003
Britain's state pension system is inadequate and unsustainable, a financial think tank concluded on Thursday.
Forum Brief: Pensions for women
Policy Consultation 7 July 2003
The government's current policy of allowing state pensions to decline will increase disadvantage for women, according to research published by the Economic and Social Research Council.
Forum Brief: Age discrimination
Policy Consultation 2 July 2003
Age discrimination is set to be outlawed under plans announced by trade secretary Patricia Hewitt.
Forum Brief: NHS complaints
Policy Consultation 26 June 2003
The number of complaints against the NHS has risen to an all time high.
Forum Brief: Means testing
Policy Consultation 23 June 2003
Gordon Brown's expansion of means testing is failing to help the poorest pensions, David Willetts has warned.
