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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
HMCTS finally accepts recommendations on data collection to support the evaluation of its courts and tribunals reforms
13 October 2020 | News
... to justice principles. We also need to be able to measure how different groups fare under the online processes, ... data about court users’ vulnerabilities, including mental and physical disabilities, age, literacy levels, and ... get a fair hearing whilst being cost-efficient for taxpayers.” Ken Butler DR UK’s Welfare Rights and Policy ...