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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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Disability Rights UK challenges the Bill of Rights on a parliamentary panel
09 February 2023 | News
... Against Women Coalition. Each member of the panel presented how the Human Rights Act protects each group, and how the Bill of Rights proposals would damage our rights. ... More information can be found on the Equally Ours website . Disability Rights UK’s contribution to the briefing is ...
Universal credit: delivery causing unacceptable hardship
25 October 2018 | News
... claimants, the Department has continued with its fortress mentality and as a result is failing claimants who struggle ...
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 ...