Search results
1521-1530 of 3899 results
Our priorities for the new government
11 June 2017 | News
... good on manifesto commitments The promised review of the Mental Health Act should be co-produced with disabled people and ... The abolition of the bedroom tax The addition of the severe disability premium within Universal Credit and a new ...
DPTAC to be retained
16 June 2013 | News
... huge amount has been achieved in recent years; there is much more to do. Working together with DPTAC providing high quality, independent, pan-disability support and our pragmatic approach, we can ... to the success of DPTAC. We can look to the future as to how best achieve the goal of a fully accessible transport ...
VODG raises concerns as HMRC "jumps the gun" on sleep in payments
19 August 2018 | News
... v Tomlinson-Blake Court of Appeal judgement on sleep in payments VODG, and wider sector bodies, have called on ... SCCS may result in HMRC opening an investigation into your pay practices. Following the Royal Mencap Society v ... VODG raises concerns as HMRC "jumps the gun" on sleep in payments ...
Covid, disability and racism commission launched
08 August 2022 | News
Disability Rights UK CEO Kamran Mallick is to chair a ... on COVID-19, Disablism and Systemic Racism to explore how the worst impacts of COVID-19 have fallen on Disabled ... people and organisations and scrutinise the Department of Health and Social Care’s policies and responses to the ...
Preventing Illegal Working
07 October 2022 | Resource
... you are under a legal obligation not to employ anyone who does not have right to live and work in the UK. Failure in ... review3 pending against a decision on an application. However, to benefit from this, employer must make an ... person who does not right of abode in the UK. The National Health Service will not provide any medical facilities to ...
Diversity of the judiciary 2020 report published
30 September 2020 | News
A new report disclosing how the judiciary reflects society has been published by the ... government. Across all legal exercises, candidates with a disability represented 8% of applications and 7% of all ... are recruited and the diversity of the pool from which much of the judiciary is drawn – the legal professions. ...
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 ...
New bedroom tax court decision says councils decide what counts as a bedroom
05 June 2017 | News
... that the claimant was someone with a severe learning disability and autistic traits and: “… can get unsettled ... listen to music. She has a television in her bedroom but does not use it. She has carers who call twice a week to ... room, the room in question had ceased to be a bedroom.” However, in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions against ...
Minister previews Disability Green Paper social security reforms
23 May 2021 | News
... for Disabled People Justin Tomlinson has given details of how the government plans to reform the social security ... system for Disabled people through its long-delayed Health and Disability Green Paper. He has also said that the Green ...
Indignity of disabled man waiting 2 years for home adaptations
07 May 2018 | News
... opposed to widening the staircase. Speaking on the radio show, Elliott and Toni at breakfast, DR UK CEO Kamran Mallick ... these problems and that this is not an isolated case. It shows you that, where someone is in inappropriate housing, not only does this impact on their personal dignity but also affects ...