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Reinstating DLA awards: Non-attendance of PIP consultation with good reason
19 December 2018 | News
... by: Sarah Newton (Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work. I would like to update the House on the ... my Department is making in Personal Independence Payment (PIP). The guidance available to PIP Case Managers ... statement and link to guidance in Personal Independence Payment: Written statement - HCWS1224 Reinstating DLA ...
IPPR argues for free social care for over 65s
22 May 2019 | News
... Harry Quilter-Pinner and Dean Hochlaf, proposes to pay for free social care through an increase of 1.31 ... tax rise. They also call for greater integration of the health and social care systems, through the creation of ... expenditure. According to Evan Odell, a researcher at Disability Rights UK: "This report is one more example of a ...
Family of disabled boy evicted due to Coronavirus fears
29 March 2020 | News
... they are in hospital. Ahmed, who is ten, and has developmental disabilities including cerebral palsy and scoliosis, ... Ronald McDonald House. We are pretty disgusted. This is not how anyone should be treated. "The family have hotel ... story of Ahmed and his family underlines the failure of health and social care services, to provide necessary ...
New report advocates rebranding residential care
03 September 2014 | News
... the UK and around the world we have seen great examples of how residential care can reinvent itself. It is no longer a ... introduction of a license to practice and a living wage. Disability Rights UK CEO Liz Sayce says “Residential care does not need re-branding. What people need are genuine ...
Inequalities of a generation of disabled children, young people and their families’ needs overlooked!
07 September 2016 | News
... and is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Disability and All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism. ... officials in Department for Education, Department of Health and Department of Work and Pensions. The charity has ... of inequalities experienced by disadvantaged groups. However no resources or support were allocated to ...
The Great Benefits Row: Channel 4 Dispatches tonight
10 April 2016 | News
... the Channel 4 programme on PIP this evening will show deeply disparaging comments from an assessor about ... can make huge amounts of money, because of the incentive payments. If true, we are deeply concerned: it is the ... public money that is direly needed by disabled people – how come cuts fall on disabled people, when there seems to ...
Look Up petition succeeds as TFL backs campaign
17 July 2018 | News
... run announcements at every stop with the message 'look up, does someone need your seat?'. Like many other disabled ... and desperately needs to sit down as she travels into work. Disability Rights UK are pleased to announce that the ... range of station and train announcements. Corry's campaign shows what a disabled person can achieve. Instead of taking ...
One in five Universal Credit claims fail
13 May 2018 | News
... universal credit more information on universal credit and disability According to data released under the Freedom of ... commitment” setting out the conditions of their payment. A further 4% had their application closed for ... for more detailed information you can order a copy of the Disability Rights Handbook from our shop One in five ...
Bedroom tax human rights appeal fails
20 February 2014 | News
... justified and therefore lawful because discretionary payments are available to cover Housing Benefit losses as a ... not provided for by the new housing benefit rules, however the Court decided that disabled tenants should not ... not the answer."? For a summary of the case go to http://disabilityrightsuk.org/news/2013/july/ma-and-ors For more on ...
House of Lords publish report on the transition from education to work for young Disabled people
31 October 2024 | News
... face when transitioning from education to employment. Disability Rights UK submitted written and oral evidence to ... possible eligible for them: not just those with Education, Health and Care Plans. Internships should be particularly ... them to make the transition from education to employment. However, we found that these are the exception rather than ...