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Disabled people unite to reduce their costs of living
03 November 2015 | News
Valuing the purple pound: How can disabled people reduce their cost of living and risk ... organisations are to meet at a seminar hosted by Disability Rights UK and Joseph Rountree Foundation on ... additional costs of living with a disability or long-term health condition. Reducing the cost of living will help ...
Prescription charges in England to increase to £8.60
15 March 2017 | News
... medication to manage their condition. “Our research* showed that 1 in 3 people with long term conditions, who ... This can have a hugely negative impact on the person’s health, often resulting in expensive hospital treatment and ... including Disability Rights UK, concerned with the detrimental impact of prescription charges on people of working ...
Grenfell CEO ‘suffered’ staff for out of date details on Disabled people
23 June 2021 | News
... told the public Inquiry into the disaster that records showed only 12 Disabled residents in the tower. The tower had ... to do so would breach fire safety regulations. He queried how it would be possible for 10,000 tenants. Black told the ... for fire safety. Matthews had no experience in health and safety. Black told the Inquiry: “I wouldn’t ...
Disability Rights UK’s reaction to the 2015 spending review
24 November 2015 | News
... calling for; and the announcement of the joint work and health unit. But the impact could be limited and we seriously struggle to see how the Government will reach its aspiration to halve the ... to live independently. View our spending review summary Disability Rights UK’s reaction to the 2015 spending review ...
PIP and ESA appeal success rate now 75 per cent
15 September 2019 | News
... of Justice (MoJ) statistics. The new MoJ figures also show for the period from April to June 2019 these that: 71% ... had the initial decision revised in favour of the claimant; disability living allowance appeals had a 67% success rate; ... contributor is the low standard of Atos, Capita and Maximus Health Care Professional assessments and the lack of proper ...
Two new reports advocate Universal Basic Income with little concession to disability
17 March 2019 | News
... UBI, by itself, would never cover the additional costs of disability or be too expensive and difficult to distribute. ... means that with any UBI scheme it is likely that additional payments would remain part of a benefit system. DPAC argues ... for disabled people – The report seeks to postpone disability and housing costs issues till a later date, ...
7 in 10 PIP appeals won on the same evidence DWP already held
04 October 2022 | News
... in answer to a recent parliamentary question . They show that in 2021 the reasons that claimants won their PIP ... the same facts: 59% Other: 7% Cogent oral evidence does not suggest new evidence, says Benefits and Work. ... apply not just to PIP, but to other benefits related to health conditions, such as DLA, ESA and UC for people unable ...
Reform Spending Review recommendations
16 June 2015 | News
How to run a country: working age welfare Reform has ... through Universal Credit; Either taxing or means-testing Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment; Reconsideration of extending the Right to Buy to ...
Letter to Esther Mcvey re PIP mobility test
28 February 2013 | News
Disability Rights UK has written to Esther McVey MP for ... Organisations (DPOs) at the DWP’s Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Delivery Update and Claimant Journey Teach-in. ... ever stand then walk aided or unaided more than 20 metres. However, you were equally definitive and clear that the ...
Rehabilitation is everyone’s business consultation events
12 February 2014 | News
... work is to ensure that equal consideration is given to both mental and physical health in rehabilitation services. NHS England are now ...