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Our view on Govt plans to see more disabled people in work
29 November 2017 | News
Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability. Read Government's statement Link to white paper ... Lives’ strategy, Kamran Mallick, chief executive of Disability Rights UK, said: “There are many principles to ...
MPs hold WCA evidence session
10 June 2014 | News
... CBE, Benefits Director James Bolton, Deputy Director, Health and Wellbeing Directorate Iain Walsh, Deputy ... Key concerns about the delivery of the WCA by Atos, and how these issues may be resolved with the new provider The ... The witnesses were: Lisa Coleman, Senior Vice President, Health Market, Atos Dr Angela Graham, Clinical Director, ...
MPs debate WCA: Govt says no change
05 February 2015 | News
... Begg (Lab) called on the Government to “undertake a fundamental redesign of the whole ESA process from end to end to ... that the benefit’s main purpose—helping claimants with health conditions and disabilities to move into employment ... new start to address the problems our report identified. However, it is important to remember that the DWP makes the ...
Self-employed? Disabled? We want to interview you
02 June 2016 | News
... as a means of more successfully accommodating their disability than employment. We are interested in capturing ... the difficulties you encountered in employment and how these have been managed better in self-employment. Is ... and filmed about your experiences? Contact Philip.Connolly@disabilityrightsuk.org Self-employed? Disabled? We want to ...
Local authorities withdrawing buses
11 January 2015 | News
... New research carried out by Campaign for Better Transport shows that since 2010, local authority funding for bus ... which recognise the vital social, economic and environmental role buses play. The challenge for this and future ... bus passes, helping to tackle social isolation, encouraging healthy active lives, and contributing to local and national ...
Two new Get Yourself Active blogs
10 February 2016 | News
... Yourself Active Project Manager Leanne Wightman, explains how health and wellbeing is fast becoming a key consideration ... organisations across the voluntary and statutory sector, in health, social care and sport and that we now have a chance ...
Disabled women over 11 times more likely to die of Coronavirus
18 June 2020 | News
... analysis from 2 March to 15 May compares the deaths with disability statuses recorded in the last census (2011). The ... amounted to a cull upon our community. “These statistics show that disabled people have understandably been living in ... their activity back in 2011 may have developed a long-term health condition over the past nine years or that existing ...
Benefit cap
23 April 2025 | Resource
... different. Revised and updated: 22nd April 2025 Contents How much is the benefit cap? Exemptions from the cap Which benefits are capped? Discretionary housing payments Find out more Benefit cap ...
Benefits of organisational membership
07 October 2022 | Opportunity
One complimentary copy of the The Disability Rights Handbook to be published annually in ... of the new legislation being introduced. Receipt of the Disability Rights Handbook Updater , alerting you to ... of’ logo on your website, emails and letterheads – showing your commitment to working together with us to build ...
Public are more likely to think unemployment benefits are too low rather than too high, finds new BSA survey
29 October 2020 | News
... and immigration In relation to welfare, NatCen's research shows that Britain has softened dramatically in its attitudes ... Concern about welfare ‘scroungers’ and ‘shirkers’ much less widespread now than half a decade ago: Just 15% of ...