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Court hears disabled activist’s challenge to ‘cataclysmic’ cuts to out-of-work disability benefits
17 December 2024 | News
... court in London heard a legal challenge that aims to expose how the last Conservative government used a “sham ... to try to push through “cataclysmic” cuts to disability benefits of nearly £3 billion over four years. ... make the same overall level of savings but has yet to say how it will do this and if it will implement the WCA cuts. ...
Gagging legislation becomes law
30 January 2014 | News
Disability Rights UK has been extremely concerned about the ... gagging clause was passed with a substantial majority. However in the Commons MPs voted to reinstate the clause. ... clause, the BBC Today programme chose to highlight how much government departments spent on biscuits at meetings ...
DR UK joins public call for Michael Gove to freeze rents
23 February 2023 | News
... Before this crisis, renters spent four to five times as much as owner-occupiers on housing. Yet landlords, with the ... Renters Reform Bill. Mikey Erhardt, Housing Policy Lead at Disability Rights UK said: "Time and time again, we see how the housing system is rigged against Disabled people. We ...
You can now track your Personal Independence Payment appeal
17 April 2018 | News
... hearing in person. Tracking your Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeal If have appealed a PIP decision since 1 ... making. You can now track your Personal Independence Payment appeal ...
Preventing Illegal Working
07 October 2022 | Resource
... you are under a legal obligation not to employ anyone who does not have right to live and work in the UK. Failure in ... review3 pending against a decision on an application. However, to benefit from this, employer must make an ... person who does not right of abode in the UK. The National Health Service will not provide any medical facilities to ...
DR UK says public sector should do disability benefits assessments
08 April 2018 | News
Mentally unwell woman has disability benefits stopped because assessor failed to turn ... again we hear of poor assessment practices when it comes to disability benefits. This has a massive impact on people who ...
National Apprenticeship Week 2018 – what’s on offer in the NHS?
04 March 2018 | News
... of roles and opportunities available – from estates to health and social care, housekeeping and IT to business ... to celebrate the stories of NHS apprentices who have a disability – whether a physical disability, a learning ... difficulty or disability, a long term health condition, mental health condition or any other kind of disability. ...
Are PIP and ESA Assessments working well?
29 October 2017 | News
... the effectiveness of assessments for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). ... to carry out assessments for people with a wide range of health conditions? Is Department of Work and Pensions ... eligibility for benefits are available internationally, and how transferrable are they to ESA and/or PIP? Mandatory ...
Universal credit and health benefits
28 May 2013 | News
... our Factsheet F55 - universal credit Universal credit and health benefits ...
Thank you Lloyds of London
24 February 2023 | News
At the end of last year Disability Rights UK was very happy to learn that we had ... knowing the great work that Disability Rights UK does with Disabled people of all ages. Shelley says : "I was ... of the Lloyd's Market Charity Awards. I know first hand how valuable the work of Disability Rights UK is and this ...