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PIP: walking through pain is not walking to an acceptable standard
28 July 2016 | News
... ‘push through pain’ in order to continue walking this does not mean that they are walking to an “acceptable standard” for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) purposes. The new judgment means that ... that while the appellant in this case had not succeeded in showing that he could not walk over 50 metres repeatedly or ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Take part in important research and get a £40 voucher
11 June 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK is recruiting disabled people to take ... you have to do is come and talk to him / her. They’ll show you the materials, ask questions, and you’ll tell them ... of people and with a range of disabilities and long term health conditions - however the amount of interview slots ...
Disability Rights UK are Hiring!
14 June 2023 | Opportunity
Disability Rights UK is the leading charity of it's kind in ... by and for people with lived experience of disability and health conditions. We wish to recruitan Executive Assistant ... people who identify as being LGBTQIA2S+; people who have a mental health condition; and people who identify as working ...
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 ...
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 ...