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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 ...
Disabled People Still Facing Mask Discrimination – DR UK writes to Chair of Police Chiefs Council
14 January 2021 | News
... proving they are exempt from wearing face coverings. Disability Rights UK has joined with Big Brother Watch, ... if they did not wear a mask. A recent Department of Health campaign stated: "you should never challenge anyone ... are exempt from wearing face coverings, due to physical or mental conditions. “Disabled people who can't wear face ...
A quiet August for I Can Make It so expect a lot from us in September
31 August 2017 | News
Not many updates from us in August. However, we’ve been working on a lot of different things ... to employment such as long-term worklessness, disability, mental health issues, being ex-offenders or ex-service personnel, ...
Further austerity will cause more avoidable deaths of Disabled people, warns DPOs coalition
16 November 2022 | News
... left to cut.” The DPO Forum includes DPOs such as: Disability Rights UK Inclusion London Disabled People ... deterioration of people’s quality of life, physical and mental wellbeing and the loss of lives. “We are calling on the Government to show strategic leadership and compassion and protect Disabled ...
Call for evidence: Inquiry into social care funding in England
13 September 2018 | News
... the shortfalls in delivery and make recommendations on how future social care demands can be met in England. The ... are the funding challenges for social care in England, and how can they be overcome? Why have successive governments ... - the lives we want Securing the future: funding health and social care to the 2030s - Institute for Fiscal ...
Our response to the Litchfield review
12 December 2013 | News
... by section 10 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007. While Disability Rights UK welcomes some of the review’s ... poor standard of medical assessments carried out by Atos Healthcare Professionals. Instead, he advises that DWP ... Decision Makers is clearly too low. We believe, more fundamentally, that tinkering with the WCA will not make it work ...
New Research Released on Workplace Reasonable Adjustments
19 May 2025 | News
... frequent equality issue they encountered. Government data shows one in four of the working-age population are classed as having a disability, meaning there are 5.5 million people currently ... of Disabled workers were uncomfortable talking about their health, including disability, impairment, or long-term ...
Extra costs hit disabled people in all areas of life
19 February 2018 | News
... research by the charity Scope reveals that disabled people pay a financial penalty in life on everyday living costs – ... Read Scope press release On average, half of income goes on disability related costs 20% of disabled people pay over ... month extra Scope calls for a ‘complete rethink’ on how we tackle the ‘disability price tag Extra costs mean ...
The welfare safety net is not fit for purpose says Work and Pensions Committee
30 July 2019 | News
... is difficult to avoid concluding that the Department simply does not understand the impact of its reforms on some of the ... survey of the additional costs of disability and long-term health conditions. In addition, it stresses that this should ... lost around £1,200 per year due to welfare reform. However, the report is also important as it makes a series ...
Better Care Fund fails to deliver expected benefits for patients, the NHS or local authorities
07 February 2017 | News
Health and social care integration report. Read report The ... So far, benefits have fallen far short of plans, despite much effort. It will be important to learn from the ... plans.The Departments do not yet have the evidence to show that they can deliver their commitment to integrated ...