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Travel pass protest victory for disabled passengers
18 May 2014 | News
... back by turning up and trying to board trains without paying at peak times. As a result of a series of protests ...
Over a third of PIP claimants feel unable to explain things they want to at their assessment
02 January 2018 | News
Over a third of personal independence payment (PIP) claimants (39%) feel unable to explain things ... might need to have a face-to-face assessment consultation. However, areas where communication was felt to be less clear included why they might need the assessment, how long they could expect to wait for a face-to-face ...
DWP spent £120 million pounds defending challenges to ESA and PIP decisions in just two years
31 August 2020 | News
... number of claims for both benefits –increased by 13% - showing that rise in costs is far greater than the increase ... since their introduction – often on the grounds that the health care professionals used no nothing about their ... as soon as possible and brought in house. But more fundamentally, we need widespread reform of the benefits system ...
Help with council tax
23 April 2025 | Resource
... tax support is the help you can get with your council tax payments in England, Scotland and Wales. In Northern ... tax exemptions Council tax support for people with severe mental impairment Council tax discount scheme Council tax discounts and second homes Council tax disability reduction scheme Council tax reduction schemes ...
Have the DWP’s Covid 19 support measures been effective?: new SSAC report
22 November 2020 | News
... in the number of claims for Universal Credit, which showed the system to be performing remarkably well under ... and the Minimum Income Floor (MIF) expediting payment providing a £20 per week uplift in the Standard ... of conditionality for claimants. It highlights how important it will be for conditionality to be flexible ...
DLA factsheet updated
09 June 2013 | News
Our Disability Living Allowance factsheet has been updated to ... will instead have to claim the new Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Our Disability Rights Handbook fully explains how to claim PIP, how to appeal against a PIP refusal and ...
DR UK responds to House of Lords Universal Credit inquiry
05 March 2020 | News
... as follows: to simplify the benefits system; to make work pay; and to combat worklessness and poverty. In our submission, DR UK responds to the question - How well has Universal Credit met these three original ...
Anger over NHS Trust disabled parking fees
10 August 2015 | News
... parking provision. Sue Bott, Deputy Chief Executive at Disability Rights UK, said: "I'm not really in favour of anyone having to pay to park at hospitals... but imposing a charge on ...
End of lockdown: one size fits all approach fails shielders
22 June 2020 | News
... including many disabled people and people with chronic health conditions, remove almost all of the key protective ... practical and financial support, including Statutory Sick Pay for those shielding because of the virus, and food and ... is removing the financial protection of Statutory Sick Pay for those who cannot work from home because of the ...
First independent review of PIP
09 April 2014 | News
... the first Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Assessment. The Minister for Disabled People ... out an Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment within the first two years of operations. The review will examine how the assessment process is operating in its early stages. ...