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Abandoned, forgotten and ignored' – report shows Coronavirus' impact on disabled people
24 June 2020 | News
... people have faced during the coronavirus crisis and shows how far away we are from equality. We need government and ... on the brink Abandoned, forgotten and ignored' – report shows Coronavirus' impact on disabled people ...
New DWP guidance on regulations excluding disabled students from Universal Credit
10 August 2020 | News
... Of the new guidance he said: "It completely leaves out how a disabled student is able to get out of the Catch 22 ... no opportunity to have a work capability assessment to show this. Can the policy intent of the new regulations ... students from Universal Credit entitlement available from disabilityrightsuk.org. New DWP guidance on regulations ...
Supreme Court rules employment tribunal fees must be scrapped and refunds issued
25 July 2017 | News
... against the government. Read full UNISON news story Disability Rights UK welcomes this judgement because ... (ET) or Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) were required to pay a fee, which could be as high as £1200. The Supreme ... Statistics published by the TUC at the end of last year showed that the number of working people challenging ...
Green light given by the Green Party to the Disability Scorecard
14 June 2024 | News
... political parties asking them to complete questions for our Disability Scorecard. The Disability Scorecard is a tool to grade the major political ... into UK law despite not mentioning this in their manifesto. However, on balance, it appears the Green Party want to ...
Councils not ensuring minimum wage paid to care workers
29 October 2014 | News
... make it a contractual condition for homecare providers to pay care workers for travel time, according to a Freedom of ... While just 7% of councils in England require providers to pay travel time, the picture is even worse in Wales with none of its councils instructing providers to pay for travel time. Non-payment of travel time means many ...
Latest PIP statistics published
16 December 2014 | News
Personal Independence Payment: April 2013 to October 2014 On the 31 October 2014, 208,000 people had a PIP claim in payment, an increase of 101,000 (95%) on the previous ... reported quarterly figure (July 2014). Of these claims in payment at 31 October 2014: 25,000 (12%) were assessed under ...
Second secret DWP benefit death report could open door for bereaved families
31 January 2021 | News
... release of findings from a second DWP investigation, the Disability News Service (DNS) reports. The family of Errol ... and ESA and other benefits were wrongly removed, have been shown a summary of the DWP internal process review (IPR) that ... be released in full. It's ironic that one aim of the DWP Health and Transformation Programme is to improve trust in ...
Campaigners ask for fire safety plans for all disabled residents unable to self-evacuate
17 June 2021 | News
... People couldn’t self-evacuate, it didn’t matter how high the building was and all disabled residents should ... run for six weeks and closes on 19 July. It is vital that disability organisations and Disabled People respond to the ...
Prime Minister opens door for discussion between APPG on disability and the DWP Minister
25 January 2017 | News
... Dr Lisa Cameron, Chair All-Party Parliamentary Group for Disability (APPG). View Hansard View film clip Dr Lisa ... pledge to halve the disability employment gap. Research shows that that pledge will not be met for 50 years. To date, ... of State for Work and Pensions is looking very seriously at how we can ensure that there are more disabled people in the ...
Accessibility of mobility support for disabled people must be improved: new SSAC report
22 November 2020 | News
... should use the forthcoming Green Paper - that will look at how the DWP and the benefits system “can best help ... element to children under three and for some who acquire a disability after state pension age); and exploring whether ...