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Olympic legacy puts more disabled in sport
21 July 2013 | News
... legacy across a number of commitments including: sport and healthy living, the regeneration of east London, bringing ... the Paralympic legacy and economic growth. The report shows strong progress against all the legacy commitments ... It is written by and for people with lived experience of disability or health conditions, to inspire involvement in ...
PIP, DLA and AA end in Scotland from 2021
04 March 2019 | News
Scottish consultation: Building better Disability Assistance benefits. Find out more Consultation ... people with lived experience of disability benefits about how the system can meet their needs. Disabled Assistance in ... awards with no set end points and those with fluctuating health conditions will not face additional reviews due to ...
Secret reviews into DWP deaths have more than doubled in three years
20 July 2022 | News
New figures show how the number of secret reviews into deaths of benefit ... (DWP) has more than doubled over the last three years, the Disability News Service (DNS) reports. They show how the DWP ... in the last few years. “And IPRs are just one part of a much longer history, documented in the Deaths by ...
DWP Reduces Support For Universal Credit Claimants Due To Work Coach Shortage
02 April 2025 | News
... practice from those that are doing well, as well as improve how it measures and reports outcomes, with metrics covering ... an and provide an additional £1 billion employment health and skills support package to help Disabled people ... and gain employment. “This is far less than billions of disability benefit savings proposed in its Green Paper. ...
We say Atos quits but problems remain
26 March 2014 | News
... Personal Independence Payment (the replacement benefit for Disability Living Allowance). The poor and incompetent ... wrongly found fit for work as well as documented deaths. However, we are worried by the fact that ATOS staff will ... four “independent” reviews have failed to evaluate fundamental flaws in the WCA such as the lack of any known link ...
New research highlights concern at DWP’s increasing lapsing of PIP appeals
05 June 2023 | News
... examining the increased lapsing of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals by the Department of Work and Pensions ... favourable to them (their full justified entitlement). However, it also stresses that if the process fails it: only ... system and how this operates; especially for those with a disability. This is urgently needed as a priority to ensure ...
Home ownership option for disabled people
19 November 2013 | News
... option for disabled people beyond 2015; and a cross-governmental summit to highlight the benefits of shared ownership for disabled people and how many more people can benefit from its life- changing ... HOLD programme provides a cost-effective solution to the health, housing and support needs of disabled people. We ...
Britain's low productivity rates are not due to disabled people
06 December 2017 | News
... overall productivity measurements." The problem is, there does not appear to be any evidence that this is actually the ... DR UK as our DRILL Research Programme Officer. The DRILL (Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning) is ...
Disabled people take the lead on £5 million research project
14 September 2015 | News
... for a new £5 million research programme to explore how disabled people can live more independent lives. The ... projects that will show how they, and people with long term health conditions, can be better supported to be full citizens. The DRILL (Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning) ...
The new Government's approach to disability
15 July 2024 | News
... for Disabled people, wouldn’t be given the job of disability minister, it now appears that there won’t be a dedicated disability minister in Keir Starmer’s government. Since ... in government has the authority and focus to bring about much needed systemic change. 15 July 2024. Fazilet Hadi The ...