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Northern Ireland currently has the highest rate of non-internet users within the UK

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Advice NI Annual General Meeting calls for restoration of NI Executive to provide desperately needed local support as poorest households brace themselves for a winter of crisis and deprivation.

With students arriving at University to commence a new academic year, the Advice NI Policy & Information team has published an information briefing for advisers covering Universal Credit eligibility for students.

As the EU Settlement deadline of 30 June draws closer, Advice NI was pleased to host Kevin Foster, Minister for Future Borders and Immigration, on Tuesday 15 June to discuss the Scheme and the future of Immigration within the UK.

As the deadline is approaching fast, we are receiving an unprecedented number of calls and messages on our helpline and emails. 

The following has issued from the Home Office with regard to end of the immigration grace period on 30 June 2021.

Do you know an elderly or vulnerable EU, EEA or Swiss citizen living in the UK before 31 Dec 2020? They need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme by 30 Jun 2021 to protect their rights and benefits.

Backing the “Keep Me Posted” campaign, Kevin Higgins, Head of Policy at Advice NI joined Judith Donovan CBE from Keep Me Posted to discuss the crucial need for continued paper-based correspondence for Universal Credit claimants.

Advice NI publish a comprehensive policy paper aimed at improving various fundamental problems affecting Universal Credit claimants
 

The Welfare Reform Group has made a number of recommendations designed to better protect social security claimants who are moving to Universal Credit.