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Impact of a no deal Brexit on health and social care evidence session
17 September 2018 | News
The Health and Social Care Committee will be holding an evidence ... medicines, medical devices or substances of human origin. How effectively stakeholders are planning for the possibility of a no-deal Brexit. How effectively they consider the Government is planning for ...
Discretionary Housing Payment High court victory
21 April 2015 | News
A local authority's decision to take the care component of disability living allowance (DLA) into account when assessing discretionary housing payments (DHPs) was unlawful, the High Court has said The ... DHP awards. In addition, the DWP has confirmed to Disability Rights UK that it is reviewing its DHP Guidance ...
Damning new MP report calls for end to long-term incarceration of people with autism and learning disabilities
15 July 2021 | News
... have been made off the back of a new report by the Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee. The failure to ... “as if their condition is an illness instead of a fundamental part of their identity… The tragic result of this ... fatal misunderstanding is that they often do then develop mental or physical illnesses which are used to justify their ...
A £150 lump sum cost of living payment cannot match double digit inflation, says DR UK
22 September 2022 | News
... disabled people in the UK will receive their one-off £150 disability Cost of Living payment from 20 September, Those being paid a qualifying disability benefit will be paid automatically from 20 ...
Benefit Sanctions More Likely For Black and Minority Ethnic Claimants
17 September 2024 | News
... to extreme hardship, including food bank use , poor mental and physical health and financial debt. Black and minority ethnic benefit ... and ethnic minority communities.” These disparities show clear evidence of structural racism, and this level of ...
SSAC consult on alleged ESA loophole closure
07 December 2014 | News
... to make a successful repeat claim for benefit unless their health has deteriorated or changed. ESA will not be paid to ... off opportunities for exploitation by a determined few. However, we want to look more closely at whether these ... and how. For example, some of those affected may have mental health or fluctuating conditions with no intention of ...
DR UK responds to housing consultations
24 August 2022 | News
... the UK provide features that are accessible. And research shows that more than 400,000 wheelchair users in England live ... removing legal recourse for renters. Mikey Erhardt, at Disability Rights UK said, "We need to see new regulations ... measures are needed to protect tenants. We are paying too much to live in dangerous, inaccessible homes, and the ...
Disabled Peoples Organisations Forum reject new ‘tick box’ National Disability Strategy
29 July 2021 | News
... decision to go ahead with the launch of a National Disability Strategy.” DR UK is a member of the DPO Forum ... of a National Disability Strategy that is not a strategy, does not address key problems, does not reflect the issues and priorities of Disabled ...
Compensation for loss of severe disability premium through claiming Universal Credit
25 July 2019 | News
... have made provision for compensatory ‘transitional payments’ for those who were in receipt of the severe disability premium (SDP) as part of their’ legacy ... an additional amount in their UC award because of their health condition. The higher rate of the LCWRA component is ...
MPs raise concerns over DWP death evidence ‘cover-up’
05 June 2023 | News
... into the death of Errol Graham . The documents would have shown that the DWP knew Errol had been experiencing significant mental distress just three years before his employment and ... claimants, particularly those with mental distress and ill health, and learning difficulties. The DWP has repeatedly ...