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DR UK gives evidence to Lords Committee
13 July 2015 | News
The Committee on the Equality Act 2010 and Disability heard from Disability Rights UK and the Royal ... gave evidence to the House of Lords Committee scrutinising how the Equality Act is working for disabled people. She argued a need for much more systemic action and leadership across Government ...
Leigh Day Solicitors seeks clients to join a group action compensation claim for loss of disability premiums after moving to Universal Credit
26 September 2019 | News
... Universal Credit before 16 January 2019 and have lost their disability premiums - Severe Disability Premium and/or ... or Enhanced Disability Premium (EDP) and have lost these payments following a move to Universal Credit, we would like ... of State for Work and Pensions to seek clarification on how they arrived at the relevant figures. More information ...
Conservative think tank recommends keeping human rights act and upholding human rights convention
21 August 2017 | News
... with the introduction of the Human Rights Act (HRA) 1998. However, Conservatives today are sceptical of the HRA. The ... and Responsibilities (BBRR) The UK repeals the HRA but does not withdraw from the ECHR, and adopts a BBRR The UK does not pursue the proposal: it does not repeal the HRA and ...
Court upholds policy limiting home care spending
11 August 2013 | News
... expenditure policy" which, when introduced, will limit how much is spent on supporting a disabled adult in the ... the claim, he gave clear guidance to the Council on how they should implement the policy in future, warning: ...
Access to supermarket shopping
17 May 2020 | News
... in shopping for food during the crisis. Many people with mental health conditions, learning disabilities, sensory ... deliveries for disabled people and those with long-term health conditions. It is hoped that over the coming weeks, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Universal Credit Advance Payments are pushing people to use food banks
04 June 2019 | News
... from StepChange Debt Charity and the Trussell Trust shows that Advance Payments – the loans people can apply for while they wait ... clients who had money taken from benefits to repay debt showed 71% saying it caused them hardship and a quarter had ...
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 ...