Consultation responses

Policy positions

Money and Mental Health respond to the Health and Social Care Committee’s call for evidence on Community Mental Health Services

Money and Mental Health respond to the Health and Social Care Committee’s call for evidence on Community Mental Health Services

February 04, 2025
Debt

The Council Tax Collection Coalition submission to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee’s inquiry into the Funding and Sustainability of Local Government Finance

Money and Mental Health, alongside 10 other organisations who are part of the Council Tax Collection Coalition, calls for the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee to improve debt collection practices relating to council tax, as well as improving the provision and protections of council tax support.

January 24, 2025
Policy positions

Money and Mental Health’s submission to the Scottish Government’s consultation on a Mental Health Moratorium

Money and Mental Health supports the Scottish Government’s proposed eligibility criteria, application process, and protections for the Mental Health Moratorium. In particular, we support the decision to widen the eligibility criteria to include those receiving treatment voluntarily and within a community.

January 14, 2025
Policy positions

Money and Mental Health’s submission to the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s inquiry into Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations

Setting out the steps we would like to see the government, the Money and Pensions Service, pension providers and administrators take to support people with mental health problems to have better financial health in retirement.

December 20, 2024
Policy positions

Money and Mental Health’s submission to Ofwat’s consultation on priority services registers standards for water companies in England and Wales

Setting out support out for Ofwat’s proposals and outlining areas where Ofwat could go further, such as introducing standards for outcomes and experience of PSR customers.

December 20, 2024
Policy positions

Money and Mental Health’s submission to the Department for Work and Pensions consultation on Making Work Pay: Strengthening Statutory Sick Pay

Why employees earning below the Lower Earnings Replacement should receive 100% of their average weekly earnings through the Statutory Sick Pay system.

December 02, 2024
Health system

Money and Mental Health’s submission to the Department for Health and Social Care’s ‘Change NHS: help build a health service fit for the future’’ consultation

Money and Mental Health outline why financial wellbeing must be at the core of the government’s 10-year plan for a health service fit for the future, and detail steps the government can take to ensure that a reformed NHS works to break the toxic cycle between money and mental health problems.

December 02, 2024
Policy positions

Money and Mental Health’s submission to the Work and Pensions Committee’s second inquiry into safeguarding vulnerable claimants

Since the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s previous inquiry into safeguarding vulnerable claimants, Money and Mental Health has highlighted two new developments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that raise further concerns about the inadequacy of its processes for identifying and supporting individuals with complex needs due to mental health conditions.

December 02, 2024
Policy positions

Money and Mental Health’s submission to Ofgem’s consultation on Consumer Vulnerability Strategy Refresh

In our response to this Consultation, we outline some of the common experiences people with mental health problems face when interacting with essential services providers.

November 04, 2024
Policy positions

Money and Mental Health’s submission to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s investigation and assessment into the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

In our response to this investigation, we outline some of the common experiences members of our Research Community have had when requesting reasonable adjustments for health and disability benefit assessments in the period from January 2021.

August 13, 2024