Tim West

Media Manager at @HouseOfCommons Committees/@commonsworkpen and West Ham fam. 英国会特別委員会報道官。RTs not endorsements. 🏃🏻‍♂️⚽️⚒ 🇯🇵📸 Insta: @timwest_24

[UK House of Commons Committees @HoCcommitteesUK]

Too many disabled people still face a hostile environment at work.

The Work and Pensions Committee has set out what government and employers need to do to support disabled people to stay in work.

Action is needed to improve access and support.

[Work & Pensions Committee @CommonsWorkPen]

@DWPgovuk's Permanent Secretary apologised for mistakes over carer's allowance overpayments. 90,000 carers built up debts to DWP, many unknowingly. Debts could have been avoided had DWP previously checked all HMRC alerts on income changes. It now checks all alerts.

[Tim West @Tim_C_West]

On the need to look more broadly that simply State Pension age itself to address the pre-pensioner income gap...

[Work & Pensions Committee @CommonsWorkPen]

We're looking into the pre-pension income gap - the financial shortfall people experience if they retire before they reach State Pension age. @Ageing_Better sets out how this can disproportionally affect people who have a job that impacts their health as they age

[Tim West @Tim_C_West]

I know Christmas is about spreading cheer but mistletoe sounds like an awful disease.

[Work & Pensions Committee @CommonsWorkPen]

On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we thank everyone in the community for working with us.

Sharing your insights ensures our scrutiny of @DWPgovuk is grounded in real experience.

Learn more about the day 👉 https://t.co/qfC3xH3gDs

[Work & Pensions Committee @CommonsWorkPen]

The policy was directly linked to damaging the opportunities of a generation of children, who were dragged into poverty through no fault of their own.

[Work & Pensions Committee @CommonsWorkPen]

"Removing the two-child limit is very welcome. It will almost immediately lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty and stop even more being drawn into it.

[Tim West @Tim_C_West]

This pre-pension income gap is a potentially significant issue for people that have laboured in work for decades but their ill-health forces early retirement on them.

[Work & Pensions Committee @CommonsWorkPen]

Many people in their early sixties face falling incomes before reaching pension age 📉

Our Committee has launched a new inquiry into the pre-pension income gap to understand why and explore how support can be improved.

Find out more 🔗 https://t.co/pCM1vHnKc9

[Work & Pensions Committee @CommonsWorkPen]

This week, Chair @Debbie_abrahams spoke to experts about the devastating impact of child poverty.

Working with @CommonsTreasury Committee, the Chair heard accounts from paediatricians witnessing the effects of poverty, including damp and mouldy housing, on children's health.

[Scottish Affairs Committee @CommonsScotAffs]

“Jobs from the clean energy industry are simply not being created fast enough, or on the scale needed, to match the mounting job losses from the oil and gas sector” @PJFerguson18

Read our report on the future of Scotland’s oil and gas industry: https://t.co/W6StzAw3lK

[Environmental Audit Committee @CommonsEAC]

We've published our report on flood resilience in England �We've published our report on flood resilience in England �We've published our report on flood resilience in England �We've published our report on flood resilience in England �We've published our report on flood resilience in England 👇

[Work & Pensions Committee @CommonsWorkPen]

During our session last week, Prof Sinclair, Chair of @PovInequalScot, highlighted that education is widely seen as an investment in human capital and a pathway for families to improve their circumstances.

Watch the video 👇

[Work & Pensions Committee @CommonsWorkPen]

Plans to merge the National Careers Service and Jobcentres are an exciting opportunity, but progress is too slow. We call for a joint @DWPgovuk & @EducationGovuk strategy, a review of funding, and clear accountability.

Read our report ⬇Plans to merge the National Careers Service and Jobcentres are an exciting opportunity, but progress is too slow. We call for a joint @DWPgovuk & @EducationGovuk strategy, a review of funding, and clear accountability.

Read our report ⬇Plans to merge the National Careers Service and Jobcentres are an exciting opportunity, but progress is too slow. We call for a joint @DWPgovuk & @EducationGovuk strategy, a review of funding, and clear accountability.

Read our report ⬇Plans to merge the National Careers Service and Jobcentres are an exciting opportunity, but progress is too slow. We call for a joint @DWPgovuk & @EducationGovuk strategy, a review of funding, and clear accountability.

Read our report ⬇Plans to merge the National Careers Service and Jobcentres are an exciting opportunity, but progress is too slow. We call for a joint @DWPgovuk & @EducationGovuk strategy, a review of funding, and clear accountability.

Read our report ⬇Plans to merge the National Careers Service and Jobcentres are an exciting opportunity, but progress is too slow. We call for a joint @DWPgovuk & @EducationGovuk strategy, a review of funding, and clear accountability.

Read our report ⬇️

[Work & Pensions Committee @CommonsWorkPen]

Jobcentres are too focused on benefits. The current system leaves little time for job-seekers to find long-term, secure jobs.

We're calling for further reforms to the system.

Learn more and read our report �Jobcentres are too focused on benefits. The current system leaves little time for job-seekers to find long-term, secure jobs.

We're calling for further reforms to the system.

Learn more and read our report �Jobcentres are too focused on benefits. The current system leaves little time for job-seekers to find long-term, secure jobs.

We're calling for further reforms to the system.

Learn more and read our report �Jobcentres are too focused on benefits. The current system leaves little time for job-seekers to find long-term, secure jobs.

We're calling for further reforms to the system.

Learn more and read our report �Jobcentres are too focused on benefits. The current system leaves little time for job-seekers to find long-term, secure jobs.

We're calling for further reforms to the system.

Learn more and read our report �Jobcentres are too focused on benefits. The current system leaves little time for job-seekers to find long-term, secure jobs.

We're calling for further reforms to the system.

Learn more and read our report 👇

[Work & Pensions Committee @CommonsWorkPen]

We've published our report on Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work.

We welcome the concessions that the Government made to the UC Bill. However, there are still issues with the welfare reforms.

Read the report �We've published our report on Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work.

We welcome the concessions that the Government made to the UC Bill. However, there are still issues with the welfare reforms.

Read the report �We've published our report on Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work.

We welcome the concessions that the Government made to the UC Bill. However, there are still issues with the welfare reforms.

Read the report �We've published our report on Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work.

We welcome the concessions that the Government made to the UC Bill. However, there are still issues with the welfare reforms.

Read the report �We've published our report on Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work.

We welcome the concessions that the Government made to the UC Bill. However, there are still issues with the welfare reforms.

Read the report 👇

[Work & Pensions Committee @CommonsWorkPen]

“Poverty is insidious. It isolates, damages health, and strips you of dignity. After decades of contributing to society, dignity in retirement is the least you deserve.” @Debbie_abrahams , Committee Chair

We've published our report on pensioner poverty 👇

[Work & Pensions Committee @CommonsWorkPen]

Yesterday, we questioned Work and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall at our session on the work of @DWPGovUK.

Watch the video to hear her view on tackling high welfare costs ⬇️

[Work & Pensions Committee @CommonsWorkPen]

According to @DWPgovuk there are around 700,000 disabled people who don’t currently have a job but want to work.

We want to understand why progress on closing the ‘disability employment gap’ has stalled and what can be done about it.

Share your views: https://t.co/T3UKgbEULQ

[Tim West @Tim_C_West]

Underway now!

[Work & Pensions Committee @CommonsWorkPen]

Wednesday, 9.30am

Just a week after the scaled-back Universal Credit Bill passed the Commons, we're questioning Liz Kendall on the @DWPGovUK 's work. A key moment for answers on welfare reform.

[Work & Pensions Committee @CommonsWorkPen]

During our final session of our Pathways to Work inquiry, we asked @StephenCTimms about the right to try.