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Disabled MP’s jobs warning to government: ‘Do not under-estimate prejudice’
14 January 2016 | News
... the difficulty of achieving its aim of halving the disability employment gap, because of the extent of ... he warned that the “difficulty will come when those with much more complex needs that are more costly to address come ... DWP’s failure to follow up the event to find out how the companies implemented the good practice they had ...
Disabled people make up two thirds of Coronavirus deaths - ONS
23 September 2020 | News
... . The data, covering the period from March to mid-July, shows that while disabled people make up 16% of the ... according to the ONS’ criteria for self-reporting disability, they made up 59.5% of all deaths from ... Act. It showed us just what government thinks, or rather, doesn’t think, of us. “Next week, Parliament debates the ...
Why restrictions on Personal Independence Payment should not go ahead
26 February 2017 | News
... For more on the changes to PIP see our updated PIP Guide Disability Rights UK in the media on PIP changes Friday, 24 ... Tory ministers have rewritten the law to deny increased disability benefit payments to more than 150,000 people Financial Times: May ...
Great North run: Congratulations to Lucy Downham
07 September 2014 | News
Disability Rights UK would like to congratulate Lucy Downham ... to run on behalf of Disability Rights UK as I know how much it meant to Uncle Jack and how much work he put into ...
Universal Credit and the Severe Disability Premium
17 February 2019 | News
This Commons Library briefing looks at how Universal Credit (UC) will affect benefit claimants who are, or were, getting the Severe Disability Premium (SDP). It covers measures which came into ... receive transitional protection, and proposed "transitional payments" for those who have already moved to UC and lost ...
Government loses bedroom tax case over treatment of children
26 January 2016 | News
... speaking on BBC News 24 (item appears around 11.31 am) said Disability Rights UK are delighted for both the family and ... forced to rely on the insecurity of 'discretionary' housing payments because of the bedroom tax. Approximately 70% of ... ruled that the existence of discretionary housing payments does not justify or mitigate against bedroom tax legislation ...
Lockdown easing plans put CEV people back in jeopardy
05 July 2021 | News
Psychology experts, health professionals and Disabled People’s Organisations ... during non-pandemic times. “These planned moves feel very much as though they have been made with no thought for those ... lose the most if they contract a virus which is still very much present in our midst.” Professor Stephen Reicher, who ...
Bedroom tax: No change as DWP appeals court case and issues guidance
27 January 2016 | News
... Department remains of the view that Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) are the appropriate means of protecting HB ... and it is the government’s intention to appeal. Q. What does this mean for claimants with panic rooms or a disabled ... to accommodate an overnight carer for a disabled child. Disability Rights UK will be writing to the Secretary of ...
Video Relay Service is now available across all DWP service lines
05 November 2020 | News
... need for anyone to be in the same location and the claimant does not have to book the service in advance. This means ... 25 per cent of VRS calls were made on personal independence payment, 22 per cent on Access to Work, 16 per cent on ... from https://www.signvideo.co.uk/downloads See also the disabilityrightsuk.org news stories: DWP enters legal ...
Support the DSA Claim It! campaign
05 July 2018 | News
... full potential. The funding comes from the Government and doesn't have to be paid back - or your university may well ... share our campaign message Share your experience of how DSA has helped you or someone you know Stay up to date ... hours: 11am-1pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Email: students@disabilityrightsuk.org Support the DSA Claim It! campaign ...