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Consultation on the national minimum and living wage rates
13 April 2016 | News
The Low Pay Commission (LPC) has been asked to recommend to the ... employers, the labour market and the economy - including how firms are adjusting and impacts on pay, terms and ... workers’ employment prospects including evidence on how widely the new 21-24 Year Old Rate is used, and whether ...
Meet Gianluca, Our London Marathon Runner Fundraising for DR UK!
11 March 2024 | News
... Runners, Gianluca! Read on to find out more about him, how training for the marathon is going and why he chose to fundraise for Disability Rights UK. Hey everyone! I’m Gianluca, a ... challenge for me. I do love sports and I am a CrossFitter, however this will be my first foray into the world of ...
Postpone tax credit cuts says Work and Pensions Committee
10 November 2015 | News
... part of plans to save £12 billion from the welfare bill. However the Committee says that even when combined with the ... income families or undermine the objective of making work pay.” Read Disability Rights UK’s concerns about the proposed Tax ...
Budget 2013
19 March 2013 | News
... element where the lone parent or both earners in a couple pay income tax. The details of how to provide this support will be determined as part of ... to ensure tax reliefs currently available for claimants of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) will be available for ...
Govt rejects Equal Lives plea for investigation into Norfolk Council Care Act breaches
20 April 2016 | News
... adult social care department. Read more in Community Care Disability group Equal Lives wrote to health secretary Jeremy Hunt in March urging him to order ... regardless of need. a decision to remove ‘wellbeing’ payments for personal budget holders in 2014 had had a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...