Search results
2361-2370 of 3890 results
Our response to the NAO report on sanctions
29 November 2016 | News
... found that the DWP is not doing enough to find out how sanctions affect people on benefits. View National ... their day-to-day lives, sanctions are especially punitive. Disability Rights UK wants a system that genuinely supports ... finding coercive ways to get people off benefits when their health or other critical factors clearly make this ...
Disability Unit fails to provide adequate offline consultation help
26 January 2021 | News
Disability Rights UK is seeking urgent clarification from the government’s Disability Unit about how Disabled people who are offline can respond to its ...
Dr Lisa Cameron MP leads debate on United Nations Day of Persons with Disabilities in the House of Commons
13 December 2021 | News
... The MP, who chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Disability , led a debate last week marking United Nations ... the peak of the pandemic and recent research by Sense shows that almost three quarters of disabled people surveyed ... issues of ongoing inequality in education, employment, health and care. Parliament and MPs must lead the way in ...
Guide to recruiting and supporting disabled people in the workplace
06 February 2018 | News
Disability Rights UK, in conjunction with Disability@Work , have written a guide on disability related disadvantage in the workplace. Building ...
Campaign to Save Tax Credits
02 July 2015 | News
... children If tax credits are simply cut, without employers paying the living wage, then disabled people are likely to ... in society. Just cutting tax credits when employers are not paying a living wage fails that test. Child Poverty Action ...
Appeal granted against court judgment denying £20 per week uplift on “justifiable” disability discrimination grounds
17 August 2022 | News
... Credit (UC) claimants during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, permission to appeal the High Court’s judgment ... each receiving a total of £1,500 benefit arrears. However, the High Court ruled that the exclusion of ESA ... in the guts’ court ruling on £20 uplift available from disabilitynewsservice.com. High Court judgment denies two ...
DWP increases automatic extension of existing PIP awards by up to 12 months
05 September 2022 | News
... delays in the processing of new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims, the DWP has announced making an ... and if so will write to claimants to inform them. PIP payments will be received as normal until we complete the ... Citizens Advice projected that this meant £294 million of payments that would be awarded were being held up. Calling ...
Good Morning Britain want case studies on poverty among disabled people
18 October 2018 | News
Good Morning Britain are covering a story on Poverty and how it has increased for children and among disabled people ...
Atos and Capita 2 year extension continues problems: PIP videos may cause more
06 June 2018 | News
Disability Rights UK has concerns about the recent ... June, Sarah Newton (Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work) announced pilots for the video recording of ... for more detailed information you can order a copy of the Disability Rights Handbook from our shop Atos and Capita 2 ...
Two meetings with procurement alliances in just over two weeks for I Can Make It.
27 April 2017 | News
... on the campaign, focusing on the nuts and bolts of how social value could be applied to create job opportunities for people with disabilities and health conditions. In the coming weeks, we’re looking ... for Bristol, Charlotte White, participated in a radio show with Bristol Community Radio! This is now available on ...