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DWP accused of blocking claimant suicide research
02 March 2022 | News
... A study examining whether benefit sanctions are linked to mental illness and suicide, increasing costs to the NHS, has ... had to force the publication of a DWP-commissioned report showing how people on low incomes who need to rely on disability benefits struggled to meet basic living costs, ...
DPOs Write Open Letter to Bristol City Council Over Outrageous Social Care Policy
15 April 2024 | News
Disability Rights UK, alongside Inclusion London, WinVisible ... the "Fair and Affordable Care" policy was withdrawn. However, the current budget is arguably worse, an insult to ... of us from communities of colour more often can't afford to pay privately for carers, so rely more on council services. ...
Comment: Leaked sickness benefit cuts document
02 July 2015 | News
... which applies to people with disabilities or long term health conditions who claim Employment and Support Allowance or Universal Credit. If scrapped, their weekly payments would drop nearly £30 from £102.15, bringing it ... costs faced by disabled people arising from their disability. It is also used by many to cover the costs ...
DWP Plans for Bank Account Surveillance Likely to Breach Privacy Law and Could Amount to "Unlawful Discrimination”
07 May 2024 | News
... investigators. Many Disabled people set up bank accounts to pay for their social care, as these accounts hold capital that might be misidentified as fraudulent. However, new legal advice given to BBW, points out that the ... already face persecution from the DWP, the fraud rate for disability benefits is only 0.2%, these powers are a ...
Disability benefits: one wrong decision overturned every minute of every working day
02 November 2021 | News
New analysis by disability charity Scope shows that a wrong benefits ... to get the main disability benefit Personal Independence Payment. Scope has demanded urgent action from Government ...
DWP say sanctions early warning letters make little difference to the outcomes of claimants
20 May 2018 | News
... Decision Makers. Results from the qualitative evaluation showed that there was support from staff for the intentions underpinning the trial, however evidence from interviews with staff suggested that ... little difference to the outcomes of claimants. The DWP does not consider that the benefits of the approach are ...
ESA to Universal Credit – things to know & helpful tips
29 November 2024 | News
... It includes such sections as: What the government is doing How Citizens Advice ‘Help to Claim’ can help Your ... benefits before you start your claim Things to know about payments Gap in payments and financial hardship I need more ... or WRAG status I need ‘reasonable adjustments’ due to disability Ways to prove your ID Winvisible says: “Women ...
Govt promises 'package of measures' on bus wheelchair access later this year
15 May 2018 | News
... consultation. Will the Minister give a date for action? How will the priority of wheelchair users be ensured if a buggy user refuses to move? How will priority legislation be enforced, and how will the ... her multiple sclerosis has been treated and she does not use it any more. When she worked with London Buses ...
Pause deductions from benefits to ease cost of living crisis, MPs say
26 July 2022 | News
... from the cross-party Work and Pensions Committee highlights how deductions from benefits are pushing some people into ... a useful step would clearly be to halt deductions, the fundamental problem of the underlying inadequacy of benefit ... from DR UK to the Committee The written evidence from the Disability Poverty Campaign Group See also our related news ...
Brexit and Human Rights
07 October 2022 | Resource
... deal was passed by Parliament. Contents Brexit and UK law How will EU law affect us after Brexit? Before Brexit ... addition to the European Court, the EU charter of Fundamental Rights is intended to protect economic, social, ... Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities Brexit does not affect the United Nations Convention on the Rights ...