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Sanctions ineffective as a way of getting people into jobs or to work more hours, finds suppressed DWP report
12 April 2023 | News
... benefit sanctions and promised to make the findings public. However, it subsequently buried the report and refused ... benefit sanctions “ poses significant harm to the health, finances, and well-being of claimants ”. “The ... the recent publication of the Government’s Health and disability White Paper. “This proposes to the benefits ...
Universal Credit rollout to roll on
20 June 2018 | News
... and we will continue this. We have made changes—advance payments, direct payments to landlords, the two-week housing benefit run-on, ... over to universal credit. They said that the new system had much more flexibility, that most of the cases and examples ...
The budget must deliver great things for disabled people
21 November 2017 | News
... blog, Philip Connolly, Policy and development manager of Disability Rights UK discusses what would be a good or great ... enable people to try work and return to benefits if it doesn’t work out for them. The budget must deliver great ...
New DR UK updated benefit sanctions factsheet free to download
20 July 2020 | News
... a benefit sanction is the different levels of sanctions how long sanctions may last avoiding or reducing the risk of ... finding coercive ways to get people off benefits when their health or other critical factors clearly make this ... make a reality of the Government’s pledge to reduce the disability employment gap. Until then, it’s vital that ...
Discrimination: Thomas Cook ordered to pay £7,500
06 October 2014 | News
... a disabled woman win £7,500 from Thomas Cook for unlawful disability discrimination Janice Campbell was one of 1600 ... View judgement . Discrimination: Thomas Cook ordered to pay £7,500 ...
1 in 7 People in UK Face Hunger and Hardship: New Trussell Research
09 October 2024 | News
New research published today shows that a record 9.3 million people in the UK are facing ... they don’t have enough money to live on. But we know it doesn’t have to be this way. This research shows that ... protected minimum floor in Universal Credit that people’s payments never fall below to limit the deepest hardship ...
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Disability inquiry into access to elected office in the UK
16 May 2021 | News
... is considered ‘disabled’ if they have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ... Equality Act, which requires public authorities to consider how their policies or actions affect disabled people and ... MPs. We currently have 5 MPs who are open about having a disability. Moreover, the number of openly disabled Local ...
Government accepts most of the PIP review recommendations in full
07 January 2018 | News
... and that they should not assume the Department will contact health care professionals. The Department ensures that ... to include the initial review stage and also explore how to include Case Manager activity in an end-to-end audit ... Professionals to upload documentary evidence securely. Disability Rights UK recommendations to the review Our ...
DR UK gives evidence to MPs on citizenship and civic engagement
31 October 2017 | News
... Addey and Stanhope School (at 11:30 am) Mr Philip Connolly, Disability Rights UK Ms Fazilet Hadi, Royal National ... for Ageing Better Possible questions on Age and Disability How would you describe the current state of civic engagement ... citizenship and why it matters than younger generations? Does being disabled change your conception of citizenship? ...
Disabled people in housing crisis
10 May 2018 | News
... Executive of Disability Rights UK said: 'This research shows some of the fundamental issues we face on a day-to-day basis. 'Appropriate ... people are less likely to seek support from hard pressed health and social care providers. The same is true if we ...