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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 ...
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 ...
New campaign promoting Disabled Students Allowance
16 October 2013 | News
National disability charities, AbilityNet and RNIB have launched a ... to claim the Disabled Students allowance If you have a disability or specific learning difficulty and are studying ... paid in set amounts because they depend on what you need. Payments cover the cost of specific items of equipment, ...
Around 75,000 claimants have been underpaid ESA but won’t get all their money back
03 January 2018 | News
... entitlement to additional benefits such as the enhanced disability premium. These premiums are only payable to those on income-related benefits. From 2014 ... review and correct cases during the course of 2018/19.” However, he then adds that – “This relates to a specific ...
MP calls for face mask exemption awareness campaign
04 November 2020 | News
... the above, we are concerned that there remains a fundamental lack of public awareness surrounding the exemptions ... may qualify. Data collected by Disability Rights UK shows that there is real fear amongst the disabled community ... may not always be worn and that the lack thereof does not mean that an individual has no good reason for the ...
MPs demand better protection for disabled claimants on DLA/PIP who claim DHPs
11 January 2016 | News
... net, defined as: Council Tax support Discretionary Housing Payments Local welfare assistance schemes With regard to Discretionary Housing Payments the report says “7. It was not the Government’s ... extra costs incurred by the applicant as a result of their disability. The guidance must also prohibit local ...
Disability Wales Celebrates 50-year anniversary
26 October 2022 | News
... association of Disabled peoples organisations in Wales- Disability Wales, celebrated its 50 years anniversary with their first in-person event in over two years. Disability Wales ’ annual general meeting was be chaired ... to reflect on what has been accomplished to progress disability rights and equality in Wales. As well as offer ...
Penny Mordaunt co-hosts APPG meeting on International Development
07 March 2018 | News
... was an opportunity to hear about the upcoming Global Disability Summit, and gain more detail about what it means for DFID to put disability at the heart of everything it does. When: 6-7pm, Wednesday 7 March 2018 This meeting ...
Bedroom tax rulings concern DWP
12 September 2013 | News
... the bedroom tax. When calculating Housing Benefit, the DWP does not define a bedroom, leaving this up to the landlord to decide. However a series of decisions in Fife have been decided in ... of ‘bedroom tax’ For more on the bedroom tax see http://disabilityrightsuk.org/bedroom-tax You can view the Fife ...
Care Act Guidance and Regulations Response
14 August 2014 | News
Disability Rights UK have submitted a response to this ... have been involved in many meeting with the Department of Health and we are endorsing the responses from the Care and ... the wellbeing principle, commissioning, charging, direct payments, support planning and continuity of care ...