Employment Despite there currently being 6 national bodies to enforce workers’ rights, employees who have been unfairly sacked or treated often can’t call for their situation to be investigated and backlogs in the employment tribunal system often prevent fast resolutions. In the Spending Review, we helped secure a number of positive announcements, including additional funding for employment rights enforcement. Debt and money Council tax debt is the most common debt problem we help people with and the impact can be severe. We influenced the government to secure additional funding for Council Tax Support schemes and write off irrecoverable council tax arrears in the Spending Review. In Wales Our advocacy work helped protect families from the worst financial effects of the pandemic. We successfully advocated for an extension of the Discretionary Assistance Fund, a ban on evictions in the private rented sector and a series of income maximisation pilots, with an accompanying communications campaign, to help people claim all the benefits they’re entitled to. Ahead of the Senedd elections, our #ValueOfAdvice campaign showcased the importance of independent advice and demonstrated the value we provide in terms of saving money for local and Welsh government. Sharing our data Our work on sharing service data and website trends led to positive engagement with decision-makers at the heart of the UK government and generated widespread national media coverage. This included our ‘Life through lockdown’ report looking at what our data showed about the impact of the first year of the pandemic, which was well-received by stakeholders and the media. 40 How we’re influencing change