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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...