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Changes to the Work Capability Assessment reassessment criteria
28 September 2017 | News
... need to be reassessed if they: have a severe, lifelong disability, illness or health condition are unlikely to ever be able to move into ... will not be reassessed following their WCA. This change does not affect: ESA claimants placed in the work-related ...
Our funding HE factsheet for disabled students has been updated
06 January 2019 | News
... may need funding to cover tuition fees, living costs and disability-related costs. This factsheet tells you about the ... available to lessen the cost and you don’t need to pay for the course up front. Read more in our factsheet on ... hours: 11am-1pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Email: students@disabilityrightsuk.org Guides F40 - Into Higher Education - ...
UN report highlights Govt failure to uphold disabled people's rights
06 November 2016 | News
... of disabled people. Liz Sayce, the chief executive of Disability Rights UK, said, in the Guardian , that the ... upholds the human rights model of disability and does not disproportionately and/or adversely affect the ... initial report before the Committee. The Government does not accept many of the recommendations of the UN ...
DR UK calls for all ESA claimants to be exempt from the benefit cap
01 November 2016 | News
... CEO said: “People who are disabled or have a long term health condition face a range of obstacles as they try to ... work (and many would like to) it’s clear what is needed: much more flexible practices from employers (for instance, ... London. The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) research shows that: 116,000 families with between one and four ...
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: ...