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Changes to PIP should help some Motability users
20 April 2017 | News
... for the enhanced mobility rate of Personal Independence Payment and lease a vehicle through the Motability scheme ... that the introduction of PIP would be a major change to disability benefits and that many disabled people might need ... take advantage of the increased support and the details of how this will be communicated to these customers are being ...
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 ...
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 ...
PA shortage causing hardship for Disabled people
12 July 2022 | News
... of applicants and their suitability for the work. Low pay, poor terms and conditions, and restrictions on what people can pay are the primary drivers for this, alongside the ... jobs with better pay rather than PA jobs. Another finding showed that 59% of those surveyed think it’s harder to find ...
Employment contracts
15 April 2025 | Resource
... towards the cost of your support, or if you are a personal health budget (PHB) recipient and receiving funding from the NHS, you will be able to choose how the total sum of money is spent and take as much control over your care in a way that best suits you. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...