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05 Strategic partner updates June 2015
04 June 2015 | News
... together the right people - councillors, public servants, businesses, voluntary and community organisations, and the ... partnerships, implementation outlines and crucially business cases – to DCLG by May 2015. A similar ...
Understanding the Equality Act: information for disabled students
27 June 2024 | Resource
... complying with the general equality duty makes good business sense. An organisation that provides services to ... needs of its users should find that it carries out its core business more efficiently. It should also result in better ...
Work has never worked for Disabled people so why are we trying to go back to how things were? By Mikey Erhardt
17 November 2023 | News
... Schemes like LAP help challenge the notion that the business world can’t change. They show how giving flexibility to all workers can help a business excel overall. Perhaps we need to focus more on ...
School and disabled childs behavioural problems
02 October 2014 | News
... Its research informs public policies and helps make businesses, voluntary bodies and other organisations more ...
Brexit and Human Rights
07 October 2022 | Resource
The UK has notified its intention to withdraw from the European Union EU by invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty
The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020 after a withdrawal deal was passed by Parliament.
Minister denies DWP makes ‘take it or leave it’ decision offers while saying that it does
22 March 2020 | News
The Minister for Disabled People Justin Tomlinson has said that the DWP “does not make offers” to some PIP and ESA claimants who are awaiting appeals.
However, in a contradictory remark he also said decisions are confirmed only “if the claimant agrees” on the telephone.
Responding to a Parliamentary question, the Minister said:
DWP has sent 150,000 fit for work letters that risk patients' health
29 April 2019 | News
The DWP has issued around 150,000 copies of a controversial 'fit for work' letter that doctors warn could endanger patients' health, according to the Mirror.
When someone is found’ fit for work’ following a work capability assessment, the DWP sends their GP a standard letter (ESA65B) informing them of the decision. The wording of this letter changed in August 2017 to say GPs "do not need to provide any more fit notes" to their patient - even though these are needed to keep claiming ESA during an appeal.
Record 1.6 million food bank parcels given out in past year
25 April 2019 | News
April 2018 to March 2019 has been the busiest year for food banks in its history, according the Tressell Trust.
During the past year, 1,583,668 three-day emergency food supplies were given to people in crisis in the UK - an 18.8% increase on the previous year.
The number of food parcels given out across UK has now soared by 73% in the last five years.
The Trust says that the main reasons for people needing emergency food are benefits consistently not covering the cost of living (33%), and delays or changes to benefits being paid.
DWP to pay out £970 million in ESA underpayments
16 October 2018 | News
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) underpayments of ESA following Incapacity Benefit reassessments.
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DWP say sanctions early warning letters make little difference to the outcomes of claimants
20 May 2018 | News
Parliamentary announcement on Jobseeker’s Allowance Sanctions Early Warning Trial.
In October 2015, the Department for Work and Pensions announced that it would be trialling a new process for JSA sanctions in response to the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s recommendations to review the JSA sanction process.