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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 ...
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 ...
Funding pressure on NHS and social care set to grow
23 May 2018 | News
Securing the future: funding health and social care to the 2030s. Read report This ... number of younger adults living with disabilities. “While much of the public discussion about the organisation and ... social care system are widely acknowledged, not least by Disability Rights UK, and in need of reform. But between ...
DWP ignored coroner’s call to take action to save claimants from suicide
19 July 2020 | News
... Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act show that DWP dismissed both the coroner’s plea to take ... had lasted eight days. It heard that Faiza had a history of mental distress and became suicidal during two days in ... jobcentre made an urgent referral to the community mental health team, but not until five days later. By that time, ...
Autumn statement 2016 brings little joy for disabled people
22 November 2016 | News
... fails to address proposed ESA cuts and social care crisis. Disability Rights UK is disappointed at the Government’s ... hardship for disabled people and those with long term health conditions but also acts as a real disincentive to ... 1% a year for 4 years from 2016-17 Personal Independence Payment (PIP) – The Autumn Statement accounts for the ...
MPs told £20 week cut to Universal Credit would breach UK’s international human rights obligations
05 September 2021 | News
... benefits such as ESA. HRW is an international non-governmental organization, that conducts research and advocacy on ... test requires that, when proceeding with cuts, a state show: a compelling state interest; demonstrate that it has ... to proceed with the planned cut will cause deep harm and does not satisfy all these criteria … In fact, rather than ...
DR UK statement on the Global Disability Summit
19 July 2018 | News
Next week (24 July) London hosts a Global Disability Summit. DR UK’s CEO and deputy CEO will speak ... of disabled people’s rights in this country. Our history shows that positive change for disabled people comes when a ... for justice. We know from experience that such change does not come from spontaneous innovation by ministers. We ...
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 ...
DRUK comments on Queen's Speech
13 October 2019 | News
... any different? We note the stated intention to reform the Mental Health Act following its review published in December 2018. People experiencing mental ill health must be at the centre of any reform. We ...
New statutory guidance issued in relation to the Specialist Employability Support programme
11 September 2017 | News
... on offering support to people with sensory impairments and disability groups with the lowest employment rates including people with autism, mental health conditions and learning disabilities. The statutory ...