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Advising Londoners Report
04 August 2020 | News
... gaps and shortages in social welfare advice in their area. Disability Rights UK and a number of it’s London based ... and new ways of working are very real and we very much hope that the findings of this report will help rebuild ...
You can’t merge two badly constructed assessment processes
04 March 2019 | News
DR UK comments on Amber Rudd’s proposals for disability benefits assessments. Commenting on the statement ... people who are over pension age. ‘But there are some fundamental problems which still need to be addressed. ... Rights UK policy manager said: 'Amber Rudd acknowledged how many disabled people experience her department when she ...
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 ...
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 ...
Independent review of Northern Ireland PIP assessment process
28 June 2018 | News
... Walter Rader to undertake an independent review on how the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment is working in Northern Ireland. To ... main recommendations of the report are on pages 8 to 10. Disability Rights UK welfare rights adviser Ken Butler says: ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...