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Data Protection Bill Proposes “Wholly Unnecessary” Surveillance Measures That Are A “Disproportionate Violation” Of Benefit Claimants Privacy
16 January 2024 | News
... and safeguards, making it more difficult for people to know how their data is being used, how decisions affecting them ... benefits for no good reason, resulting in the inability to pay heating bills, purchase medical supplies, or afford ... of members of the public, with disproportionate detrimental impact upon people in the welfare system and ...
Michael Gove suggests cutting child benefits if children miss school
06 March 2023 | News
... child may not be able to attend school. Outside of ill health and medical appointments, causes could also include ... "likely to be counter-productive". "It is very hard to see how consigning children to poverty and starvation will ... said: "Poorly informed and discriminatory punitive action does have a huge impact on parents of Disabled children. ...
Monitoring poverty and social exclusion
23 November 2014 | News
... services, among other indicators. Key findings Poverty and disability The proportion of disabled people and their ... in poverty has fallen over the last ten years by around 5%, much more so than for those in families with no disabled member. However pensioners make up a greater share of disabled ...
Psychiatric asbos don’t work says one of their chief advocates
14 April 2013 | News
... unnecessary This is what people with lived experience of mental health problems have been saying from the outset. Right now ... and control – or co-ercion? ] yet when those of us with mental health problems experience crises we are turned away ...
New report reviews York's blue badge ban
14 April 2023 | News
... students at York Law School. The research looked at how Disabled people had been banned from using their Blue ... The ban has taken an intense toll on the emotional and mental health of many disabled people, their friends and family and ...
Disabled consumers being failed by shoddy customer service, Which? warns
06 December 2023 | News
... understand where companies are failing their customers and how firms can improve. A Which? survey with 732 panel ... Mary Sutherland moved to a new property which had a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) energy meter installed by SSE. As Mary ... was told I had to ring up, which I struggle with due to my disability.” Companies failing to contact Disabled ...
Extension of Blue Badge Scheme in England from 30 August 2019 to include those with hidden disabilities
01 September 2019 | News
... in England with "hidden disabilities" including autism and mental health problems are set for a major boost when they can ... overwhelming psychological distress. Chief Executive of Disability Rights UK Kamran Mallick welcomed the widened ...
Visits to care homes allowed under new guidance
03 December 2020 | News
... The changes apply to care home residents in all tiers. Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock said: “The ... stage, with significant impacts on care home residents’ mental health, as well as the deteriorating impacts on those ... Find out how to get a test here. Visits to care homes allowed under ...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence publishes latest impact report
22 July 2019 | News
The report shows how NICE guidance might be making a difference in priority ... Leng, NICE’s Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Health and Social Care, has also published a blog in the Department of Health and Social Care newsletter where she shares her views ...
Discretionary Payments funding reduced by £40m
01 February 2015 | News
Government funding for Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) for the tax year 2015 to 2016 will be £125 ... reduction of £40 million this year. DHPs have been used to pay those who have fallen victim to the bedroom tax. A ... more information see HB Circular S1/2015 . Discretionary Payments funding reduced by £40m ...