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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Green Party manifesto includes disability measures
13 June 2024 | News
... Adrian Ramsay and Carla Denyer, shared plans to boost health and social care spending and improve benefit levels. ... of affordable, secure and energy efficient housing. To pay for its ambitious agenda, the Party proposed to increase tax for the wealthiest. There were some specific disability policies: Restoring the value of disability ...