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Take Action To Oppose The Disability Benefits Cuts! - Sign The Petition, Write To Your MP
06 May 2025 | News
... to unite opposition to the government’s “devastating” disability benefit cuts and reforms by calling for every one ... experiences or explain why this issue matters to you. However, if that would be too difficult, you can also send ... regarding the recent green paper plan on benefit cuts and how people can get involved in responding. Source: ...
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 ...
Spotlight on DPO Voices: disAbility Cornwall & Isles of Scilly
18 January 2024 | News
We are delighted to be showcasing the work of a Disabled People's Organisation (DPO) based in the deep South West of England, disAbility Cornwall & Isles of Scilly. Read on to hear about ... aims to give people living with a disability or long-term health condition a digital platform and a voice, sticking to ...
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 ...
International Day of Disabled People: leading us into the future
02 December 2015 | News
... thousands of leaders and influencers living openly with a disability or health condition. Not just at the top in our company ... hotels, innovation start-ups, engineering companies, health services, government departments and everywhere else. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...