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Taxi Tax Hits Disabled People Disproportionately
15 April 2025 | News
Disability Rights UK hit out at a proposed 20 per cent ... with soaring living costs, while personal independence payments are cut. “A move that impacts on and sidelines ... 74 per cent of those living with disabilities or long-term health conditions are opposed to Chancellor Rachel ...
Severely Disabled man challenges removal of PIP after 28 days in hospital
18 July 2021 | News
... Disabled man is challenging a rule which halted his PIP payment after he had been in hospital for more than four ... he is in hospital, staying at his bedside, attending to his disability related needs and keeping medical staff aware of ... monitoring his condition and the machines that support him. However, Cameron’s weekly PIP payments of £152.15 and as ...
DR UK Ambassador Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson speaks out against cut to ESA
12 January 2016 | News
... to see more disabled people in paid work and halve the disability employment gap, an aspiration I applaud. One way not to do it, however, is to cut people’s benefit. This is one of a ... and Work Bill. People who are disabled or have long term health conditions which prevent them from currently working ...
Chancellor receives 120,000 strong Don’t Leave Disabled People Behind petition today
17 November 2020 | News
... Leave Disabled People Behind petition was set up by the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) - a network of over 100 ... of people living with a disability or with long-term health conditions have faced immense hardship as a result of ... food and getting to and from medical appointments, to paying more for vital care. Kevin Whitworth from the Isle of ...
Fast-tracked access to benefits extended to those likely to be in final year of life
06 April 2022 | News
... life to: get faster, easier access to benefits get higher payments for some benefits avoid a medical assessment ... changes are planned for Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance when ... For more information, including detailed guidance on how to make a Special Rules claim, see these gov.uk ...
Government's Rail Reform Plans Still Delayed
08 March 2024 | News
Disability Rights UK's Transport Policy Adviser Stephen ... is now implementing interim arrangements ahead of resetting how it delivers rail reform in the new Parliament, yet it is ... spending watchdog also concluded that the relevance of much of the work so far– such as developing the future ...
Universal Credit: your claimant commitment and sanctions – new Public Law Project free advice resources
25 September 2019 | News
... The SSAC report also highlighted that people with mental health problems are less likely to feel that their ... Childcare Universal Credit: Homelessness Universal Credit: Mental health Universal Credit: Refugees If you would like ...
Centring Young Disabled People's Voices: DR UK's 2024 Conference!
27 November 2024 | News
For this year's annual Disability Rights UK conference, we focused on the theme of young Disabled people's voices and how to create a more representative, intersectional movement. Read on to learn more about how the event went, with all the speeches uploaded down ...
Scandal of low percentage of indefinite PIP awards
26 July 2018 | News
... question about the length of personal independence payment PIP awards, for claimants, since its introduction. ... were made for just 1.5 years or less. Speaking on behalf of Disability Rights UK, our welfare rights and policy adviser ... care or mobility needs within 2.5 years? "Not only does this earlier review seem unnecessary in most cases, but ...
Coroners call for lessons to be learned over avoidable pandemic deaths
08 December 2021 | News
... of failures include a woman who missed out on essential mental health care because of Covid cancellations and an older ... pandemic. That physically Disabled people and people with mental health conditions failed to receive the support they ...