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APDA, DR UK and DPAC make stand against austerity
18 March 2019 | News
... oral statement by APDA, Disabled People Against Cuts and Disability Rights UK British government policy at national, ... borrow money that they are ill-equipped to repay. With many health, social care and public transport services devolved, ... compulsory detention/forced treatment powers contained in mental health legislation A shortfall in housing that meets ...
Thousands of young Disabled people missing out on extra cost benefits
20 August 2024 | News
... has found that the number of under-16s in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) in England and Wales has ... disability benefit awards has had fiscal consequences, however, children’s disability benefits remain a ... four-fifths of initial Child DLA-to- Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessments led to a PIP award. Although ...
Disability benefit awards extended by six months if due for reassessment in next three months
22 April 2020 | News
... today said that the DWP is automatically extending disability benefit awards by six months if they are due for ... to get adequate medical evidence so we are relying very much on the claimant’s case as they explain it.” The ... session is available from parliamentlive.tv. Disability benefit awards extended by six months if due for ...
Government has broken equality laws during pandemic, Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary tells EHRC
20 October 2020 | News
... Executive of the EHRC, she says that evidence of poorer health and economic outcomes has been ignored when laws have ... breaching the Equality Act. She said: “Equal opportunity does not mean treating everybody the same and seeing who ... had associated EIAs. It highlights ONS statistics which show that 59% of people in England and Wales who died of the ...
Ensuring access to justice for vulnerable people will be at the heart of the Government's Court and Tribunal digital reform programme
02 October 2019 | News
... Dr Natalie Byrom, sets out 29 detailed recommendations for how Her Majesty’s Court and Tribunal Service’s ... characteristics – for example, in relation to age, mental or physical disability, gender, and other factors associated with ...
Government Special Educational Needs report is released
03 March 2023 | News
... be built, which will add to the 49 already in the pipeline. However, a £70 million “Change Programme" – which will ... children and young people’s needs through Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) is digital-first, quicker and ... in support for children with SEND and their families. Disability Rights UK Head of Policy Fazilet Hadi said: ...
DWP watered down plan to prevent claimant suicides
27 October 2022 | News
... while under the then leadership of Therese Coffey, the Disability News Service (DNS) reports. Ms. Coffey took over ... under the Freedom of Information Act – appears to show how Amber Rudd had intended to deliver the plan. During ... of serious cases. But the Department told DNS that it does not hold information about how successful it was in ...
Disabled Students Allowances: Over half of eligible students miss out
13 August 2019 | News
Confusion over what is meant by disability, and poor awareness of a widely available fund, ... the allowances would have had their minds put at rest. Disability Rights UK’s Disabled Student Adviser Rundip ... they attend The allowance is neither means-tested nor repayable Students needing software are expected to pay the ...
Disabled man wins bedroom tax appeal
30 January 2014 | News
... Claimants, who need an additional bedroom on account of disability, differently from those who do not need an ... rights act As a result of this decision the bedroom tax does not apply. The DWP has been monitoring bedroom tax ...
Complaining about local authority decisions
07 October 2022 | Resource
... assessments residential care assessments This factsheet does not cover complaints about decisions on housing benefit ... If you don't know the name of your councillor or MP or how to contact them you can find out from your local library ... Social Services Act 1970 the Secretary of State for Health has the power to step in where a local authority ...