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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Only a third of deaf children would be in school if facemasks in class are made mandatory, new survey shows
03 September 2020 | News
... a new survey by the National Deaf Children’s Society shows. Of 800 parents of deaf children, just 36% were likely ... policy roll-out that’s happened so quickly and caused so much fear, worry and anguish for deaf students and their ... if facemasks in class are made mandatory, new survey shows ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
More meetings and preparations for I Can Make It
09 February 2017 | News
... at the University of Oxford as part of the 42 Bedford Row Disability Law Essay Prize-Giving Ceremony. Hannah presented ... ‘the long-term goals of the I Can Make It campaign and how they fit in with the government’s promises to halve to ... to join us! So if you are 18-29, have a disability or health condition and live in Manchester, Norfolk and ...
DWP help with benefits if you have accessibility needs
05 May 2020 | News
Gov.uk has published information on getting how the DWP can help if you have difficulties claiming benefits because of a disability or health condition. The new web page is to be regularly ...
Minister admits confusion caused by integrated PIP and ESA assessment announcement
25 April 2019 | News
The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work Justin Tomlinson has said “there is a bit ... people apply for both benefits at a similar point in time. However, for the very few people who do, it might make sense ... capability assessment itself must be the subject of fundamental reform. Any assessment for support must be able to ...