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Ethos Disabled Students Guide
07 February 2018 | News
... have also fact-checked information regarding benefits with Disability Rights UK, which means that you can be confident it's correct. Much of the other content included in the guide comes from ...
Austerity cuts killed tens of thousands from 2010 onwards
21 October 2021 | News
... in BMJ Open found that the joint impact of cuts to healthcare, public health and social care since 2010 found ... government makes noises about a move back to austerity to pay for Covid measures, it needs to stop and think about the ... is inhumane. The Chancellor has recently spoken about how inhumanity can rob us of the people we love the most. ...
We demand Bristol Council withdraw draft plans to remove the right to at-home care
19 September 2023 | News
Disability Rights UK have slammed plans to remove the rights ... those of us from this group more often can’t afford to pay privately for carers, so rely more on social care ... have a human right to access support services and have as much choice and control over our lives as others, with equal ...
Poorest hit hardest by tax, social security and public spending reforms, Equality and Human Rights Commission reveals
16 November 2017 | News
... on this report, Kamran Mallick, chief executive of Disability Rights UK, said: “This report makes for grim ... changes since 2010. We have to come up with a system which doesn’t penalise people for being disabled.” David ... work for some time, but sadly they have refused. We have shown that it is possible to carry out cumulative impact ...
Disability Rights UK comment on Rishi Sunak’s cost of living announcement
25 May 2022 | News
... on measures to combat cost of living increases, Disability Rights UK CEO Kamran Mallick said: “We welcome the announcement of one-off payments, in particular to people living on benefits. However the underlying inadequacy of benefit levels remains ...
Johnson pledges Spring 2022 Inquiry into Covid, NAO report shows major disjunct between health and care
19 May 2021 | News
... long term issues that severely weakened the foundations of health and care, which meant the country was not better ... the shelf on which it sits. Covid has highlighted how so many vital services have smashed to the floor in the ... Johnson pledges Spring 2022 Inquiry into Covid, NAO report shows major disjunct between health and care ...
DWP accused of 'rewarding failure' over 'extortionate' benefit assessors payouts
13 April 2017 | News
Private companies carrying out controversial assessments for disability benefits are set to bank millions of pounds more ... to carry out assessments for personal independence payments (PIP). The DWP said the assessment process for PIP ... value for the taxpayer. Analysis by the Press Association shows Atos and Capita have already been paid £578 million in ...
20 metre PIP case allowed to go to court
02 May 2013 | News
... for full hearing of legal challenge to Government’s new disability benefit PRESS RELEASE 03/05/2013 The High ... did not have the chance to put their case and explain how devastating the consequences will be.” Jane Young, an ... their homes, isolated and unable to travel independently to health appointments, to work, to the shops or to social ...
Join our focus group and get a £20 voucher
03 April 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK, working in partnership with a ... of people and with a range of disabilities and long term health conditions - however the size of the group is limited - we aim to come ...
Disabled woman wins legal challenge against DWP over automatic benefit deductions
04 October 2022 | News
... of a person’s benefits to be paid direct to them, to repay debt that they say is owed, and to meet ongoing usage ... is the very least that they should have been doing. “However, the scheme remains inherently flawed, as it still gives decision-makers the power to determine how other people’s money is spent. “There is a ...