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We're Hiring - Trustee Opportunity
01 July 2024 | News
... help strengthen the voice of Disabled people and support Disability Rights UK to continue to build the organisation ... of lived experiences including: learning difficulties, mental health conditions, neurodiversity, deafness, hearing ...
London's Poverty Profile 2015
20 October 2015 | News
London's Poverty Profile 2015 looks at how London has recovered from the recession in terms of ... independent think tank, New Policy Institute. Key findings Disability and employment Disability is a large component of ... inactive than non-disabled people. Disability and low pay Split by full-time or part-time and by level of ...
Take part in new home energy research and get £20
12 November 2017 | News
... for the Conservation of Energy, The Children's Society, and Disability Rights UK and will showcase their findings at an event in Parliament. They will ... get, help with improving your home’s energy efficiency? Does someone in your household have a disability or a ...
MPs give Secretary of State “one final chance” to publish commissioned research on Disabled people’s experiences of the benefits system
15 December 2021 | News
... Coffey has refused to publish the report, “The Uses of Health and Disability Benefits”, that was commissioned to feed into ... largest independent social research agency. After being shown the first draft of the report, the DWP told NatCen to ...
Leading disability organisations call for halt to ESA cuts
28 February 2017 | News
Leading disability organisations stage 11th hour call for Government ... Almost 7 in 10 (69%) say cuts to ESA will cause their health to suffer More than a quarter (28%) say they ... communities. travel. We need the Government to recognise how damaging these cuts will be and stop them before their ...
Disabled claimants set to lose Warm Home Discounts
20 March 2022 | News
... to a change in who the Government deems entitled to claim. Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and Attendance Allowance (AA) will no longer ... Daily Mirror . But it will exclude around 210,000 people on disability benefits from applying for the vital payment. New ...
Flawed Universal Credit benefit is pushing people into poverty, says Human Rights Watch
28 September 2020 | News
... the cause of human rights for all. Its report details how a poorly designed algorithm is causing people to go ... The watchdog calls for a comprehensive redesign of how the government calculates Universal Credit is urgently ... how frequently people are paid. If people receive multiple pay checks in one month – common among people in irregular ...
PIP review terms of reference published
20 May 2014 | News
The first independent review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment process. On 10 April 2014, the ... experience of taking part in the assessments perceptions of healthcare professionals and other staff involved in ... rate PIP as a result of needs arising from their condition/disability; and effectiveness of the PIP assessment in ...
Smith Commission: Scottish devolved powers
26 November 2014 | News
... Scotland will have powers to: change the frequency of UC payments vary the existing plans for single household ... Parliament: Attendance Allowance Carer’s Allowance Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Personal Independence ... that the Scottish Parliament provides. New arrangements for how Motability will operate in Scotland for DLA/PIP ...
Improved support needed for disabled university students
13 July 2020 | News
... to scrap the £200 charge disabled students need to pay towards their specialist equipment. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Disability (for which DR UK co-provides the secretariat ... and the financial contribution of £200 they have to pay towards it. From this September it is likely that most ...