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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 ...
Getting It Right For Disabled Apprentices report launched
06 February 2022 | News
... of the scheme. The report was written by Rabia Lemahieu, Disability and Skills Manager at Disability Rights UK. She said: “Apprenticeships are a ... being proactive about conversations about impairments and health conditions; and better processes for getting help ...
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 ...
DR UK impairment disclosure survey
22 March 2023 | News
Disability Rights UK is conducting a survey to explore the ... share or not to share information about their impairment or health condition, with education providers, training ...
Peer modelling as a tool for disabled people
05 June 2017 | News
... because their experience means that they can see what and how things could improve. Read more in his blog About the Win-Win Alliance Disability Rights UK (DR UK) manages the user-led consortium ...
Disability Rights UK responds to DEFRA consultation on food supply during Covid-19 pandemic
30 April 2020 | News
Disability Rights UK has today responded to the Department ... carers, to ensure that disabled people can safely access healthy food during the crisis. However, more needs to be done to ensure that supermarkets ...
Govt says Welfare Reform and Work Bill compatible with European Convention on Human Rights
08 September 2015 | News
... been in receipt of previous awards in respect of their ill-health but have not yet had those awards converted to ESA. ... for as long as they continue to have LCW. 60. In addition, Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) provide a contribution to the extra costs ...
DWP guilty of discrimination in unfairly sacking disabled woman
21 January 2019 | News
... a point where they could apply for jobs in the usual way. However, disciplinary measures were taken by the DWP after ... worse. Not only were no reasonable adjustments made for my disability as legally required but I was subject to the same ... place to start helping those with a disability or long-term health condition into work. It recommends that proper ...