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Welfare payment cuts are unjust and target the most vulnerable in society
Welfare cuts unjust, say four churches
Four churches have joined forces to accuse the government of welfare payment cuts they say are unjust and target society’s most vulnerable.
The Easter criticism has come from the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist and United Reformed Churches, and the Church of Scotland.
They also want to see a change to “a false picture” of the poor as “lazy”.
The government said society suffered when people were paid more to be unemployed than to work.
A series of changes to benefits are being made in April – including capping rises on working-age benefits at 1% – which will affect hundreds of thousands of households across the UK.
Ministers say they are necessary to tackle the rising cost to the taxpayer.
Community car scheme will help elderly and carers in North Norfolk
Volunteer medi-car schemes set to expand in north Norfolk saving elderly stress and steep taxi fares
By alex hurrell
Friday, March 29, 2013
8:00 AM
Community car schemes which save elderly people stress and steep taxi fares look set to be rolled out over more areas of north Norfolk after a successful meeting in Cromer yesterday.
Representatives from a range of voluntary schemes in rural north Norfolk met to share their expertise with other communities which currently do not offer a service to take their residents to and from medical appointments.
Now their know-how may lead to schemes in Cromer, Sheringham and Bacton whose town and parish council representatives also attended.
Patients in East Anglia will receive care in a “timely and effective manner”
East of England Ambulance Service creates new posts
Maria Ball had been in post since the the trust was formedAn under-fire ambulance service has announced is to create new managements posts, a day after its chairwoman resigned.
The East of England Ambulance Service failed to meet standards in care and welfare in a recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection.
Maria Ball resigned on Wednesday, after five years in post.
The ambulance service, which has been ordered to improve, said it would create three new sector leads.
It means the work of the ambulance service in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire will be managed separately to Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex.
A spokesman said powers were being devolved to a local level, with sector leads and general managers, to “ensure that staff are empowered to make changes that are needed locally”.
Last week’s CQC report came after months of complaints about response times.
