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Carers Allowance recipients to be exempt from benefit cap
25 January 2016 | News
... Lords debate on the Welfare Reform and Work Bill Disability Rights UK welcomes the Government’s ... of the steps the Government had suggested to avoid the cap. However the Government's response goes one step further than ... still be included in the cap but their carer’s allowance payment would be disregarded from the cap. That is the way ...
DR UKs statement on the new WCA reassessment guidance
05 October 2017 | News
... took part from October 2016 in discussions with the DWP on how it should ensure that disabled people with severe, ... or specialists who had experience of their disability or health condition. But the four criteria take a ‘tick box ... on the previous situation, they don’t resolve the fundamental problems of the WCA. To benefit from the new ...
We demand review of local bus funding
10 March 2014 | News
... of wider benefits to local economies and social and environmental wellbeing. Indeed, the benefits of buses, in whatever ... jobseekers with access to employment, the Department of Health, through access to healthcare and recreational ... on lowest incomes, and are vital for jobseekers. Evidence shows that many people who want to work are unable to take ...
Disabled people excluded from mass participation event trials
21 April 2021 | News
... of the Equality Act.” A Government press officer told Disability News Service (DNS) that the government has not ... people not to attend the events, in line with Public Health England and Department of Health and Social Care guidance. DNS reports that the ...
Review calls for overhaul of Disabled Facilities Grants
11 December 2018 | News
... This review of was commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care and written by the University of the ... programme for DFG before the current programme ends in 2020 Health & Wellbeing Boards should report separately on DFG ... based on local data around the number of people with a disability, income, tenure split and regional building costs ...
400,000 people could be pulled into poverty by April real-term cut to benefits
01 March 2022 | News
... from April, leaving many families deeply concerned about how they will manage to stay afloat.” As a result, JRF is ... a cold home and three times as likely to find it hard to pay for food than non-disabled people. “ Nearly half of ...
I Can Make It Wishes to Recruit Volunteer Champions to Create Job Opportunities in Leicester and Bristol
11 October 2016 | News
... I Can Make It met with Michael Brittain, the Director of Disability Rights UK member Mosaic , to discuss how we could work together to create job opportunities for young people with disabilities and health conditions in and around Leicester. As a result ...
DWP response to Coronavirus inquiry inadequate says Work and Pension Committee Chair
07 September 2020 | News
... people would be affected. In fact, DWP’s own statistics show that 84,000 households were newly capped between ... system. There needs to be a firm commitment to analysing how Coronavirus has affected levels of poverty and a clear ... week limited capability for work addition was no longer payable to new claimants of ESA. Disabled people have faced ...
MPs warn courts system could hamper Renters Reform Bill
09 February 2023 | News
... finances, the shortage of qualified housing and environmental health officers, and the lack of reliable data are all ... and Communities Committee website. Mikey Erhardt, at Disability Rights UK, said, "Disabled people across Britain ...
Report highlights issue of negativity towards Disabled people
26 July 2022 | News
... avoided using public transport and socialising 13% avoided health and social care settings after experiencing negative ... in attitudes in the workplace and in public services. Disability organisations warned a decade ago that some ... is truly appalling that 13% of Disabled people even avoid health and social care services because of discrimination ...