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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 ...
Full migration of UC by March 2023 a viable plan
10 July 2018 | News
... target by March 2023? Neil Couling: I am deliberately not showing too much of my hand on this at the moment, because I want to ... here—as Members of Parliament, you will know this—is how claimants react in contact with the plan. The one thing ...
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 ...
Northern Ireland Ombudsman finds ‘systemic maladministration’ in further evidence use when assessing PIP
30 June 2021 | News
... Margaret Kelly has recommended significant changes in how further evidence is used in assessing and awarding ... in some cases the only source of evidence relied upon by Disability Assessors. Capita used information on the number ... claimants received correspondence from Capita that said all health professionals they had listed had been contacted, ...
Blue Badge scheme extended from 30 August 2019
27 May 2019 | News
... - including people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health conditions - from 30 August 2019. In a Commons ... physical act and experience of walking). Chief Executive of Disability Rights UK Kamran Mallick welcomed the widened ...
Underspend Exposes Failures of Access For All Rail Programme
15 October 2024 | News
... those who have a range of disabilities may be in for a much longer wait to get to their local rail station - a ... that the new Labour government has to date been silent on how they are going to improve accessibility across our rail ... addressed in the government’s plans for rail reform. Disability Rights UK call on the Department for Transport ...
High Court rejects application for second Jodey Whiting inquest
21 September 2021 | News
... open the letter and so missed the WCA. Jodey had severe mental health problems. She had also been ill with pneumonia and ... Kennedy, Head of Campaigns and Public Affairs, at Rethink Mental Illness said of the High Court’s rejection of a ...
Shielding MPs allowed to ‘question’ but no longer vote
02 June 2020 | News
... while enjoying a sunny walk or whilst watching television does democracy an injustice. The solemn decisions we take ... government’s own rules, including having an underlying health condition or shielding responsibilities. “The ... reasonable adjustment for those MPs shielding because of health conditions and impairments who now have to choose ...
PHSO report highlights gaps in continuing healthcare
04 November 2020 | News
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has released a new report, Continuing Healthcare: getting it right first time based on cases it ... here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/continuing-healthcare-getting-it-right-first-time PHSO report ...