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Liz Sayce chairs personalisation event
24 September 2013 | News
... what we can learn from two important evaluations of disability policies: the Right to Control Trailblazers and ... from delegates and speakers, included: Evidence shows disabled people have far less choice in social care ... DPOs can offer peer support for employment – in a much more relaxed atmosphere than Job Centre Plus or big ...
EHRC has failed families over benefit deaths say bereaved relatives
02 May 2022 | News
... on the DWP but was “nowhere near enough”. She said it showed the continuing issues around trusting both the DWP and ... 28 separate problems with the personal independence payment system that helped cause the death of Philippa Day ... them and other families over benefit deaths available from disabilitynewsservice.com. See also our related news story ...
IIAC advises industrial injuries changes
16 June 2014 | News
... by the claimant’s working conditions. Currently the rule does not apply to all industrial diseases and some diseases ...
Grant system delays causing home improvements backlog
07 April 2022 | News
... for approval and completion in England and Wales (this does not include the time taken to secure an official needs ... and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) showed a postcode lottery of days to months for completing ...
Taxes and Benefits: The Parties Plans
28 April 2015 | News
... an increase in the point at which higher rate tax becomes payable A desire to impose a ‘mansion tax’ Large cuts in ... the Conservatives, Labour Party and Liberal Democrats in how they propose to do this. But they share a lack of ...
Legally Disabled? DRILL research project in Wales
14 June 2018 | News
... is that disabled people are both ambitious and talented, however, they need to be ‘seen’ and ‘expected’. It ... exist to gaining employment and career progression and how these may influence the choices people make within the ... long, programme across the four nations of the UK, run by Disability Wales, Disability Action Northern Ireland, ...
ODI evaluation on Right to Control released
27 August 2013 | News
... funding streams failed to deliver any benefit, an Office of Disability Issues (ODI) evaluation has found. Right to ... and Work Choice - and exercise choice and control over how the combined budget was spent. It is being tested in ... are support mechanisms to help customers manage direct payments or the option to delegate this responsibility to a ...
DR UK on Commons Committee report on ESA-PIP public contract failures
13 February 2018 | News
... and ESA assessments, Sue Bott, deputy chief executive of Disability Rights UK said: "Sadly there are no surprises in ... people are being failed by the assessment services for disability benefits. "The pervasive distrust in the system ... they are paid for - hundreds of millions of pounds of tax payers money for a very poor service indeed. "The government ...
New NHS learning disabilities draft guidelines
28 July 2015 | News
... England, the LGA, ADASS, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Health Education England (HEE) and the Department of Health (DH). Find out more New NHS learning disabilities ...
MPs launch inquiry asking if working-age benefit levels in the UK are adequate to meet need
12 April 2023 | News
... financial challenges households faced “lay in the fundamental inadequacy of social security support”. The MPs, ... the adequacy of benefit levels and publish its findings”. However, the Government responded that it did not intend to ... inquiry asking “How effective have cost of living support payments been?”. MPs launch inquiry asking if working-age ...