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Calls for IPSO to introduce rigorous guidance for writing about disability
07 March 2023 | News
... to ensure that there is proper, rigorous guidance for how the media talks about Disabled people and chronic health conditions. The Independent Press Standards ... their conditions I can’t explain the untold damage it does. “These narratives also don’t ask why so many ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Government’s poverty lie: Universal Credit Bill changes will still push 100,000 into poverty
14 July 2025 | News
... will result in 50,000 people being in poverty by 2029/30. However, an analysis by the social security information ... particularly by making the criteria for substantial risk much harder to meet for claimants with mental health conditions. “But its changes to the WCA were ...
Radical reform of benefits assessments for those with mental health problems essential, says Mind
15 March 2023 | News
Getting the right benefits can help those of us with a mental health problem to live with independence and dignity. This ... experience of the benefits system being at the heart of how to improve it. It says that the Government should: ...
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: ...
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 ...