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Disabled student launches legal action for the right to be able to claim Universal Credit
28 June 2020 | News
... aged 22, from Halifax, suffers severe sight impairment and mental health difficulties. As a student in full time higher ... to universal credit. She has a student loan but this does not even cover the cost of her tuition fees and rental ... the work capability assessment under the DWP’s policy. However, if Sidra had been assessed as having limited ...
New Energy Price Cap Announced
25 August 2023 | News
... The new energy cap, which is being put in place to limit how much suppliers can charge households for each unit of gas ... by Disabled people with higher energy use due to health conditions and or the use of mobility and health ...
BBC highlights unfair PIP cut for disabled people in hospital
02 November 2022 | News
... and muscle spasms and is fed through a tube. He has the mental age of a baby of around six months old. The case was ... to double provision of funding from the public purse. “However, this is disingenuous as the blanket rule simply does not reflect the reality of situations such as that of ...
Social Care Reform; improving Disabled people’s lives
22 June 2021 | News
... Understanding current and future needs When the NHS does not have enough resources to meet the needs it ... Bell - MIND Lyn Venables Dean Ben Reed - Equal Lives Liz Howard Madeleine Kingston - Labour Disabilities Group Laura ... learning disabilities and/or autism [4] The picture of how much individuals are asked to pay for their care is ...
1.6 Million Disabled Pensioners Set To Lose Winter Fuel Payments
17 September 2024 | News
... The new rules were voted thorough by MPs on 10 September. However, the Government only published three days afterwards ... forced to switch off heating or deciding not to charge health-related or mobility equipment. The Prime Minister ... know that it will not - housing benefit receipt alone does not bring entitlement to the WFP. Making such a ...
Demand for children’s mental health support three times beyond capacity
23 June 2021 | News
Projections from the Centre for Mental Health, involving NHS economists, suggest demand for child ... De Souza said a survey of over half a million children shows that mental health is their biggest concern. She said: ...
DR UK’s Template Submission To The PIP Green Paper Consultation
10 July 2024 | News
... extensive and personal independence payment (PIP) reform. However, it was clear that the proposals were predicated on ... the PIP consultation. We would hope and ask that it does so. However, given that this is uncertain, DR UK ... The Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability Green Paper is available from ...
Queen’s Speech fails to deliver on social care, democracy, building and employment
11 May 2021 | News
... The Elections Integrity Bill will require voters to show photographic proof of identity when voting in elections. ... Hadi said: “The Government has yet to fully grasp why much stronger M-Regs – the rules which say how accessible ... New-build, affordable modern housing is often small, doesn’t allow for manoeuvrability of wheelchairs and ...
Pushed to the Edge: Poverty, food banks and mental health
08 March 2022 | News
... the impact of poverty and food bank use on people's mental health. The report, Pushed to the Edge, is based on in-depth ... led them to turn to a food bank were complex and personal. However, he also stresses it was clear that the underlying ...
Systemic Racism worsened COVID health outcomes for Disabled People of Colour
13 July 2023 | News
... Commission on COVID-19, Ableism and Racism published today shows the major failings that occurred in how the government ... during the pandemic. The commission scrutinised governmental policies and pandemic responses that evidence ... and minority ethnic communities. This exposed just how much race and disability impact a person’s life chances. ...