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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 ...
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 ...
Student Days - A Memoir Piece on Personal Assistants
16 January 2024 | News
... of writing reminiscing on her student days, weaving in how important Personal Assistants can be for Disabled ... work in a carpet factory when I was doing my occupational health, as well as VD outpatients’ clinic and a secure ... weekend. Both Rick and I experienced the medical model of disability, however we lived the social model of disability. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Government to cut Rochdale housing association's £1m funding after Awaab Ishak's death
28 November 2022 | News
... Joanne Kearsley said RBH were not "proactive" and asked: "How in the UK in 2020 does a two-year-old child die as a result of exposure to ... to 7.9% of non-disabled people. Mikey Erhardt, from Disability Rights UK, said: "The housing sector is a ...
Government promises a ‘New Deal for Renters’
26 June 2022 | News
... fairer and more accessible for Disabled people. We will be paying close attention to this bill as it moves through parliament. As it stands, the whitepaper does not mention improving access to the disabled facilities ...
Government refuses to commit to keeping or extending the £20 week uplift to Universal Credit
24 November 2020 | News
... the most financial disruption as a result of the public health emergency. “As the Government has done throughout this crisis, it will continue to assess how best to support low-income families, which is why we ... calls from thousands of disabled people and every major disability charity in the UK to add a £20 per week uplift ...
DWP should not be responsible for helping disabled people into work
20 January 2019 | News
... (DWP) is the right place to start helping those with a disability or long-term health condition into work. About 4 percent of those on ... groups should be taken away from the DWP, who would just pay the benefit. Instead support would be provided by the ...