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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...