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Prepayment meters, the hopeful end of a energy nightmare.
03 February 2023 | News
... for the right reason. Yesterday the Times exposed what many disability campaigners already knew, that energy firms and ... in their homes, equipment that maintains and prolongs a healthy existence. I also touched on why Disabled ... discombobulated by the firms’ actions under their watch. However, be it a campaign like ours or another, the fact ...
Deprivation of Liberty safeguards
07 October 2014 | News
... for judging whether the living arrangements made for a mentally incapacitated person amount to a deprivation of ... whatever the reason (from dementia to coma, from a mental health crisis to a learning difficult). This means getting ... reality’ - A best interests assessor gives their take on how the 'Cheshire West' ruling is impacting on frontline ...
How I left the nest and moved into my lifetime home
13 September 2018 | News
DR UK CEO Kamran Mallick talks about how he left home and the current shortage of suitable ... affordable place to live is difficult and often impossible. How I left the nest and moved into my lifetime home ...
Disability Benefit Consortium calls for emergency covid-19 benefit changes
26 March 2020 | News
The Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) has written an open ... have been adversely impacted by the Covid-19 crisis. However, it says that these support measures need to go ... “People living with a disability and those with long-term health conditions tend to have lower real incomes and higher ...
PIP Fails – new MS Society report
26 January 2020 | News
A new research report by the MS Society shows that more than half of people with MS surveyed didn’t ... “PIP provides vital support to people with MS and helps pay for things such as adapted cars and help around the ... because of an application and assessment process that does not work for people with a fluctuating condition such ...
Nearly one in three Disabled workers say they were treated unfairly at work during the pandemic
09 June 2021 | News
... less than non-disabled peers. Recent government figures show that redundancy rates are now 62 per cent higher for ... disabled workers Disabled workers told the TUC that their disability or shielding status meant they were treated ... they have not told their employer about their disability or health condition, with many of these workers fearing being ...
Disabled Motoring UK’s Baywatch campaign
08 April 2019 | News
... to survey their local supermarket car park to find out how many disabled bays are provided, how many cars are parked in them without a Blue Badge and what the supermarket or parking operator does about this. Find out more Disabled Motoring UK’s ...
MPs quiz Minister on smearing disabled people
10 December 2013 | News
... campaign, called We Do More Than You Think. The report shows that disabled people are major contributors to our ... has failed most disabled people who were formerly on health related benefits but found fit for work and the ... stories about disabled people as scroungers makes it that much more difficult for them to convince employers to take ...
New guidance on personal budget payment cards
23 June 2019 | News
New guidance on social care personal budget says pre-payment cards should never be the only option The ... Personal (TLAP), have published a document on the use of payment cards in social care. It looks at how payment cards are being used by local authorities as a ...
Three in five win PIP appeals but the process is off putting
06 April 2016 | News
61% of rejected claims for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are overturned on appeal - inflicting ... "isn't working". Lady Grey-Thompson said: "There must be so much money wasted - I want the Government to look at this ... have very much money while it is going on." Liz Sayce, CEO Disability Rights UK, said: "Appeals can take a year to be ...