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Bedroom tax judgments both a significant victory and disappointing defeat
08 November 2016 | News
... the housing benefit cap scheme as he did was reasonable. However, some people with disabilities have a transparent ... on the judgments, Ken Butler, Welfare Rights Officer at Disability Rights UK said: "Mr and Mrs Rutherford’s and ... as they did before today’s judgment and that the judgment does not require any LA to re -assess the HB of existing ...
More than money: The lifelong wellbeing impact of disability benefits
28 January 2025 | News
... urges the Government to prioritise improving access to disability benefits for those whose quality of life depends ... It concludes that failure to do so could exacerbate public health issues and have severe economic consequences. ... increase in income would translate into a wellbeing gain. However, when thinking about disability benefits, a relevant ...
Social welfare advice good business model
21 July 2014 | News
... expensive crisis and emergency services. The review shows that legal advice across different categories of law ... the risk of unmanageable debt and prevent the onset of mental health problems. the cost of unresolved social welfare ...
United call for benefits to increase by 6% from April 2022 due to cost of living crisis
09 February 2022 | News
The Disability Benefits Consortium, of which DR UK is a member, ... affected by the benefit cap, must feel the impact. “Much more is needed for levels of support to reflect what ... Chief Executive, British Psychological Society Joseph Howes, CEO, Buttle UK Leigh Elliott, CEO, Children North ...
EHRC publishes disability hate crime report
05 September 2016 | News
... age hate crime or sexual orientation hate crime both fell, however it is not possible to say whether there has been a ... impairments in England and Wales, in particular people with mental health conditions such as depression or social or ...
2nd Access to Work evidence session
02 September 2014 | News
... needs of people with more "hidden" disabilities, such as mental health conditions, learning disabilities and developmental impairments, and how well Access to Work currently supports those needs. ...
Access to Work Scheme Owes Businesses Thousands
15 April 2025 | News
... grants to help support Disabled people in the workplace. However, businesses have told the BBC that there are ... them losing job offers. Minister for Social Security and Disability, Sir Stephen Timms, said in February that Access ... from bbc.co.uk. See also our related news story How does limiting the Access to Work Scheme get more Disabled ...
Responding to change in jobcentres
18 June 2013 | News
... this by prioritising checks over benefits eligibility payments processing and adjusted other services such as the ... by the number of people that stop claiming benefits, not how many people each jobcentre has helped into work. The Department does know that around 40% of individuals claim benefits ...
Advanced payments of Universal Credit must be repaid in 6 months
25 October 2017 | News
... is money that is rightfully theirs.” He added - “However, fundamental changes are also needed to the level of Universal Credit payable to disabled people. The severe disability premium (SDP) currently gives additional support ...
Severely ill inpatient died after DWP forced him to leave hospital to make benefit claim
11 January 2022 | News
... failure to ensure the safety of disabled benefit claimants. Health professionals had told an inquest into the death of ... syndrome, while also being detained under the Mental Health Act, because of a rare reaction to medication ... claimants could die if she did not make urgent changes to how DWP deals with such cases. She told Therese Coffey in ...