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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Accessible information standard initiative
21 November 2013 | News
... is a framework of requirements and recommendations which health and social care organisations must follow, like a ... guidance document. This guidance will tell organisations how they should ensure that disabled patients / service ...
New social services assessments factsheet
02 July 2013 | News
... support to carry out day-to-day tasks because you have a disability or are suffering from a long –term health condition, then you have the right to be assessed In ... and information on the assessment process including tips on how to make sure the assessment meets your needs. To ...
Work Programme only helps 10 per cent ESA cases
19 June 2013 | News
... emphasis on its results in relation to young people. However the Work Programme has had less success with those ... 11 years, with high levels of needs, particularly around health and skills. The report suggests that the costs of ... the level of barriers experienced by these jobseekers. However, the longer jobseekers on ESA are on the scheme the ...
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, ...
Paralympian Anne Wafula Strike joins calls for protections for shielders
26 January 2022 | News
... people have been treated as an add-on. See, for example, how deaf people were ignored in Downing Street’s vital public health messaging, with no British Sign Language interpreter ...