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Report offers WCA and work support alternative
08 April 2014 | News
... to act now. The report : Examines what works and what doesn’t for sick and disabled people in other countries, ... everyone to be included. Lays out an entirely new vision of how an assessment for “sickness benefits” might work, ... are not adequately supported in our present system. Disability Rights UK welcomes this report and its ...
DWP loses severe disability premium case
29 January 2020 | News
... for Work and Pensions loses court case over severe disability premium The Court of Appeal has dismissed the ... UC), would receive retrospective and ongoing recompense. However, the Government chose to recompense TP and AR and ... whilst appealing both judgments, increased the top-up payments but only provided recompense of £120 per month ...
DWP’s Work Programme More Effective When It’s By Choice, Not Force
30 January 2024 | News
... last October, analyses the success of the Work and Health Programme (WHP), which was launched in England and ... and taking part was voluntary for those referred to the “disability group”. Researchers compared the results ... meant they were not able to focus on individuals as much as they might have wanted to.” Ken Butler, ...
Claimants with severe disability premium prevented from claiming universal credit
31 January 2019 | News
... 2019 new regulations prevent those receiving the severe disability premium (SDP) in a working age benefit means ... has said that it will also introduce ‘SDP transitional payments’ for those eligible claimants who have already ... lump-sum payment to cover the period since they moved. However, there is no date at present as to when these ‘SDP ...
DR UK's Statement Against Assisted Dying Bill Published In The Times
20 November 2024 | News
... choice to have control over the end of their lives. However, given the severe inequalities for Disabled people ... within society, especially relating to the quality of health and independent living support, we can no longer ... of assisting us to die. Kamran Mallick Chief Executive, Disability Rights UK The Times article can ve accessed ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Education and Training Jargon Buster
27 June 2024 | Resource
There is a lot of jargon related to disability and health conditions. Here is a list with some of the common ... stressful or uncomfortable, find it hard to understand how other people think or feel, get anxious or upset about ... defines a person as disabled if they have: “a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term ...
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 ...