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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 ...
People with learning disabilities to be prioritised for vaccinations
23 February 2021 | News
... Immunisations has confirmed that everyone with a learning disability will now be prioritised for vaccination under ... register has many benefits and entitles people to annual health checks and prioritisation for future vaccinations, as ... guides to the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, including how to join your GP's learning disability register to make ...
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 ...
NAO report damns UC roll out
04 September 2013 | News
... Universal Credit (UC) against its plans, and reviews how DWP managed the programme so far. This report considers ... has delayed rolling out Universal Credit nationally. DWP does not yet know to what extent its new IT systems will ... control over supplier spending and ineffective departmental oversight. From mid-2012, the underlying concerns ...
Most councils will not ring fence ILF resources
07 April 2015 | News
... over the second week in January 2015. Analysis of Disability Right’s UK’s FOI (freedom of information) ... the Transfer Review Programme please can you let us know: How many ILF users are there in your area and how many of ... and the implications for independent living. What does come across from the responses is that local ...
Disabled Peoples Organisations Sign Open Letter To PM Calling For Accessible Transport
05 September 2024 | News
Disability Rights UK Transport Policy Adviser, Stephen ... matter gives us hope that meaningful change is possible. However, it is imperative that these words are followed by ... as a matter of regular customer service: that it is both a health and safety issue and a matter of human rights and ...
High street off limits to disabled shoppers?
30 November 2014 | News
... and security worries, according to a new survey by the disability charity Vitalise. The Vitalise study found that 7 ... 10 disabled shoppers (69%) felt little or no security when paying for items at non-lowered shop counters with fixed ... Vitalise is urging all leading high street retailers to pay more attention to accessibility in their stores - and ...
Disabled people still by far the worst affected by the bedroom tax
10 September 2019 | News
... cases (71 per cent) the claimant or partner was receiving disability living allowance, personal independence payment, employment and support allowance, incapacity ... currently available.” The figures given by Mr. Quince show that there has been no improvement on the situation the ...
TUC calls for basic level of Universal Credit to be raised to £260 week during coronavirus outbreak
06 April 2020 | News
... grants so claimants don’t build up debts waiting for payments speeding up the application process for UC by not ... time to start a national conversation about how we repair Britain’s safety net and help those who ... million people, are from families in which someone has a disability. From April 2017 the level of the ESA (and now ...
Briefings for debate on challenges facing disabled people in UK
27 June 2018 | News
... people in the United Kingdom in 2018” Read the debate Disability Rights UK wrote two briefings in advance of the ... posed to disabled people by Personal Independence Payment, Employment and Support Allowance and Universal ...