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Covid highlights social security system is “simply unfit for purpose”
26 January 2022 | News
... job, relationship breakdown, parenting and care work or ill health. “This was clear before the pandemic, but Covid-19 ... 3. Poverty and everyday hardship are negatively impacting mental health . Endemic and sustained financial insecurity ... deduction to 20 per cent not punishing claimants for overpayments due to DWP error. The full Covid Realities report ...
Civil servant says DWP wants to merge PIP and Universal Credit
29 November 2021 | News
A DWP civil servant has told a disability charity that the Government plans to merge PIP ... of the meeting, the DWP partnership adviser had been shown the link to a Disability News Service (DNS) article ... Universal Credit was first suggested in July in the Health and Disability green paper, Shaping Future Support ...
Disability benefit spending reduced by £5 billion over the last decade
23 September 2018 | News
Figures obtained by Frank Field MP show that the amount spent on disabled people’s benefits ... policy. "PIP was openly stated to be designed to reduce disability benefit spending by 20%. ESA has been reduced by ... are in disabled peoples benefits - personal independence payments (PIP) and employment and support allowance (ESA) ...
New Carer's Allowance factsheet
16 May 2018 | News
... helping you make a claim for Carer's Allowance as well as how much you can get. It is laid out in module format so you ... the factsheets on: universal credit universal credit and disability We would be grateful for any feedback. If you are ...
Cutting disabled people’s benefits will make it harder for them to find work
11 January 2016 | News
We’re so glad that Disability Rights UK Ambassador Lord Colin Low has come out ... work (and many would like to) it’s clear what is needed: much more flexible practices from employers (for instance, ...
Disability emojis on the way
06 February 2019 | News
Disability-themed emojis to be released later this year. Read more in the Belfast Telegraph Icons showing hearing aids, wheelchairs, prosthetic limbs and guide ... in which I'd use these. more ethnic diversity please? [this does seem to be covered in the images below] looking for ...
4 out of 10 PIP claimants do not appeal as it would be too stressful
09 September 2018 | News
... most disabled people are content with their PIP award. "However, its own research now gives lie to this given the ... that many disabled people do not make an appeal due to ill health or stress or lack of faith in a positive outcome. ... stress and anxiety that an appeal would cause would be detrimental to their condition, and not having the physical and ...
Fairness In The House: Report Into Politicians' Language of 'Fairness'
20 October 2023 | News
... 25 years by the Fairness Foundation and Campaign Salience shows that the idea of fairness is shared, but it is ... in relation to very clearly defined groups, such as taxpayers and hard-working families (with other groups in ... and build a consensus? Has this changed over time, and does it vary between the various parliaments of the UK? ...
Fuel Poverty Awareness Day
14 February 2019 | News
... damp and unsafe homes. The effects of such can be detrimental to people’s health, quality of life and wider communities. This includes ... winter deaths last year were attributed to cold homes. Show your support on social media using the hashtags ...
DR UK welcomes the opportunity to administer the EnAble Fund
04 December 2018 | News
... people to get involved in elected office, Sue Bott from Disability Rights UK (which is administering the fund) said: ... we hope – and expect – to see political parties do much more to encourage their disabled members to stand for ... additional financial costs associated with a disability or health condition, that would otherwise prevent someone from ...