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DWP reviews PIP decisions for many D/deaf people
11 April 2022 | News
... D/deaf people to successfully obtain Personal Independence Payment (PIP). The DWP has now announced it is carrying out ... be backdated to the date you started getting PIP.” However, the DWP warns that: “We will not look again at ... from landmarkchambers.co.uk. For more information on how you qualify for PIP and how it is assessed see for our ...
Debt worse under UC than other benefits
05 February 2019 | News
... Citizens Advice helps with Universal Credit struggle to pay for housing as they wait for payment Among the people the charity helps with debt and ... living costs (such as food, housing and transport) to pay creditors, or are spending more than they take in. More ...
EHRC demands mandatory disability data reporting by large employers
29 August 2018 | News
... that just 3% of organisations measure their ethnicity or disability pay gaps. Read report As a result, disabled people’s ... staff recruitment, retention and promotion by ethnicity and disability – this should be a legal requirement by April ...
The future of social care and the forthcoming govt green paper
07 March 2018 | News
... is a partnership that promotes personalisation, direct payments and personal budgets in social care. TLAP heard from Department of Health and Social Care officials. You can find their ... spare a thought for social care professionals. At least health professionals still get a change to use their skills ...
WCA ‘Reform’ Part of Government’s Efforts to Cut Public Spending
21 September 2023 | News
... three-quarters of those in receipt of means-tested health-related benefits are in the bottom half of the income ... if there is a “ substantial risk ” ’ to their mental or physical health if they were found not to have ... tank adds that: “ The rising incidence of ill-health and disability among our working-age population – and the ...
Government in court over disability benefit changes
08 July 2014 | News
... decision to change the eligibility criteria for the disability benefit Personal Independence Payment (PIP) was unlawful. At the end of 2012 the DWP ... college or medical appointments. Government projections show that over half a million people are set to lose out ...
DWP in Breach of Equality Law
01 August 2023 | News
... as an accessible PDF or Word attachment) or in Braille. However, despite repeated requests, the DWP continued to send him information about his disability and employment benefits in printed hard copy ... and sight impaired people receiving personal independent payments (PIP) and employment and support allowance (ESA) ...
DR UK Statement on Spring Budget: 'Government Turns its Back on the Poorest in Society'
07 March 2024 | News
... money that allows local authorities to make discretionary payments to people in need), which is now set to close, when next winter starts. The Disability Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG), of which ... in public services to enable Disabled people to receive health services, educational support, and social care; and ...
PIP assessments: 150 to 200 lose Motability car each week
11 October 2015 | News
Disability Rights UK CEO Liz Sayce was interviewed about PIP and mobility on the Adrian Goldberg radio show this morning, for BBC West Midlands Listen to radio show ... When Nicola was reassessed, under Personal Independence Payment (PIP) rules, she lost her Motability car because it ...
NHS want your views on their new website
09 September 2018 | News
... their short survey telling them what works and what doesn’t work. The survey will be open until the 30 ...