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New DRILL research programme
11 February 2015 | News
... communities and backgrounds, living with a wide range of mental and physical health conditions and impairments’. Disability Wales Rhian ... in place the required resources in each of the nations. How can people get involved? The project will be launched in ...
DWP should recruit a large scale panel of disabled people with experience of social security which it can consult and draw from to work on detailed projects, says SSAC
19 January 2021 | News
... a new wide-ranging and detailed report that focuses on how the DWP involves disabled people when developing, ... to use such technology, for example because the software does not work for them, or because of lack of skills, or ... progress. In addition, a non-executive member of the Departmental Board should be given responsibility for championing ...
Little evidence to back up Universal Credit introduction - biggest welfare reform in 50 years
07 March 2018 | News
... responsible to take it on faith that UC will deliver the much improved employment outcomes they claim for the vast ... Minister in charge, I would have either rejected or ignored much of it entirely as totally incomprehensible. They were ... for more detailed information you can order a copy of the Disability Rights Handbook from our shop Little evidence to ...
Get Out Get Active goes live
30 September 2016 | News
... very ambitious initiative designed to increase physical and mental wellbeing by supporting physically inactive people around the UK to improve their health. “We want to make getting active appealing, ... major investment. The programme has the potential to change how we encourage, enable and engage more people through ...
DWP to pay out £970 million in ESA underpayments
16 October 2018 | News
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) underpayments of ESA following Incapacity Benefit reassessments. View ESA underpayments research View ESA underpayments FAQ Earlier this ... far, the average arrears payment to date is around £7,000. Disability Rights UK Deputy CEO Sue Bott said, “The DWP ...
Benefit cuts affect disabled people's independence
07 April 2013 | News
... start of the staged introduction of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) which will replace Disability Living Allowance. According to the government’s ... where everyone with lived experience of disability or health conditions can participate equally as full citizens. ...
Paying for care briefing note
27 July 2016 | News
Social care: paying for care home places and domiciliary care (England). ... You can view this on the Parliament website Social care: paying for care home places and domiciliary care (England) ... See also our factsheet F3 - non-residential charges: paying towards the cost of your care and support at home ...
Liz Sayce discusses Motability and PIP appeal delays
02 May 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK’s CEO Liz Sayce appeared on the Stuart Linnell show (BBC Radio Northampton) today. Listen to broadcast – ... there is very little wrongful claiming going on. There is a much bigger problem of the people who need Motability cars ...
Universal Credit direct rent payments
15 May 2013 | News
The Universal Credit direct payment demonstration projects will be extended for a ... rate to an average of 94%. Universal Credit direct rent payments ...
Liz Sayce speaks at Royal College of Psychiatrists
17 October 2013 | News
Liz Sayce argues anti-stigma work in mental health needs to be rooted in our rights. Liz, speaking at ... illness like any other’. A growing body of research shows that the idea of an illness of the brain makes the ...