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DR UK at Disability First AGM
04 November 2018 | News
DR UK CEO Kamran Mallick was the keynote speaker at Disability First ’s AGM and 25 year celebration - Friday 2nd November at The Grange, Blackpool. Disability First website He spoke on how attitudes towards disability have changed over the the ...
Baroness Thomas: I'm not holding my breath for DWP changes to PIP
03 May 2016 | News
... writes on the topic of her Lords debate: 'Discussions with Disability Rights UK and Disability Benefits Consortium on identifying a mobility criterion in the Personal Independence Payment'. Read the full article at Politics Home Baroness ...
MPs quiz Mark Harper on PIP
09 September 2014 | News
... progress with the implementation of Personal Independence Payment. Date/time: Wednesday 10 September at 9.30am ... issues Outcomes for claimants – numbers and types of payments awarded compared with projections The timetable for ...
New Community Data Toolkit for disability groups
16 January 2014 | News
The ‘Community Data Toolkit’ aims to provide everything disability groups and other grassroots organisations need to know about how to analyse and interpret data in one place. The DWP claims that this is a way in which small disability groups can boost their chances of getting funding ...
DWP urged to reveal algorithm that ‘targets’ Disabled people for benefit fraud
23 November 2021 | News
... to make the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) explain how artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to identify ... we are” “It’s time for the DWP to come clean about how this algorithm works and explain why so many Disabled ...
Our response to bedroom tax appeal court judgement
20 February 2014 | News
Disability Rights UK are dismayed by the appeal court’s judgement on the bedroom tax. Disability Rights UK are dismayed that the Court of Appeal ... Liz Sayce said’ “We know that discretionary housing payments are not routinely offered to disabled people facing ...
Universal Credit migration arrangements for severely disabled people ruled unlawful
07 May 2019 | News
... arrangements for those who previously received the Severe Disability Premium and moved onto Universal Credit before 16 ... receive the full £180 a month top up to their benefits. However, if the new provisions had come into force this ... See also the DR UK news story Claimants with severe disability premium prevented from claiming universal credit. ...
NAO report highlights UC concerns
10 December 2013 | News
... had not achieved value for money. This new report does not change the view of the Comptroller and Auditor ...
I Can Make It Case Study: Carrie Boyce
18 May 2016 | News
... the lookout for young people with disabilities or long term health conditions who want to share their success stories ... video, Carrie Boyce wrote this interesting story of how having been diagnosed with severe dermatomyositis early ... then please get in touch with Leo Capella via leo.capella@disabilityrightsuk.org . I Can Make It Case Study: Carrie ...
Majority of EASS calls involve disability
25 May 2015 | News
... Advisory & Support Service (EASS) during April 2015 show that around 60% of calls on the helpline involved disability In total, EASS received 3098 contacts during this ... and Wales. It is provided by Sitel who are working with Disability Rights UK, the Law Centres Network, Voiceability, ...