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Support to move off Post Office card accounts
23 October 2018 | News
The DWP usually pays your benefits straight into a bank, building society or ... can’t open or manage one of these accounts, DWP may pay their benefits into a Post Office card account (POCA). ... people who use Post Office card accounts to find out: • how people who use these accounts can be supported • if ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Submissions for Inquiry into Accessibility of Public Transport
28 July 2025 | News
The Cross Party Transport Select Committee is to investigate how the Government can achieve, and measure the benefits of, ... services throughout the country. The inquiry will look at how people can make better and more informed journey choices ... transport depending on their needs. MPs will also look at how making services more joined up could be beneficial to ...
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: ...
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 ...
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, ...
BuDS Getting Ready for Brexit guide
18 February 2019 | News
DR UK member, Buckinghamshire Disability Service (BuDS), has produced information on ... to see from Brexit BuDS is not a political charity and does not support Leaving the EU or Remaining in the EU. They ... whether we leave with an agreement or not. As a responsible disability charity, BuDS thinks it’s sensible for all ...
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 ...