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Pandemic Poverty: new DBC research report shows why the £20 week UC uplift must be kept and extended
01 February 2021 | News
... week for both Universal Credit (UC) and Working Tax Credit. However this increase was not provided for “ legacy ... of previous support and services. A new report by the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC), a network of over 100 ... participation of disabled people and those with long-term health conditions, the DBC makes two key recommendations: ...
MPs say cut wait for Universal Credit to a month
25 October 2017 | News
... aim to cut the “baked-in” six week wait for the first payment of Universal Credit to a month. Work and Pensions ... Committee web page While increased availability of Advance Payment (AP) loans of up to half the estimated monthly award ... welcome, the Committee says they are no solution to a fundamental flaw in the current design: Universal Credit seeks to ...
Misleading Universal Credit ads banned by ASA
05 November 2019 | News
... adverts claimed that Universal Credit made it easier to pay rent on time as Job Centres could give advance payments and pay rent directly to landlords. The ASA ruled that ...
Habinteg accessible housing standards event
18 June 2013 | News
... why access matters – the householder’s perspective how housing standards can enable delivery of health and social care services Habinteg warmly invites ... all. If you would like to find out more about this event or how to book tickets, please contact our events team at ...
New legal judgment will help some D/deaf people to qualify for PIP
30 September 2020 | News
... the case each need to remove their hearing aids to take a shower and to take a bath. Each cannot without the aids hear ... 4(2A) of the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013, provides that a claimant is not ... PIP – a guide to making a claim available from disabilityrightsuk.org. New legal judgment will help some ...
More DLA to PIP transfers from today
02 February 2014 | News
... about claiming PIP from our free guide, available at http://disabilityrightsuk.org/personal-independence-payment-pip The DWP has prodiced a press release which you ... at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/personal-independence-payment-rolls-out-to-existing-claimants-in-northern-england ...
DWP figures for PIP Moving Around scores
17 July 2013 | News
... who DWP think will be entitled to Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Entitlement to PIP Mobility Component is ... sum of the scores for activities 11 and 12. The figures show the score distribution for Activity 12 alone and do not ... points - 359,000 Total - 682,000. For more about PIP go to disabilityrightsuk.org/personal-independence-payment-pip The ...
UN attend major conference on UK poverty
14 November 2023 | News
... Advice, The Equality and Human Rights Commission and Disability Rights UK. Five years on from the former UN ... other speakers who shared reports and statistics which showed a marked increase rather than decrease of food bank ... living but that has been apparently forgotten, with welfare payments falling behind costs for the poorest people, ...
Disabled people asked to help to design a social security system of dignity, respect and trust
19 June 2019 | News
... society organisations will now share their own ideas for how to reform the system after the commission launched a ... is a fantastic initiative and opportunity. Undoubtedly like Disability Rights UK, all Disabled People’s Organisations ... social security system of dignity, respect and trust @ www.disabilitynewsservice.com Disabled people asked to help to ...
King’s Fund report paints bleak picture of social care
11 May 2021 | News
... into account; spending per person has fallen. Care worker pay has improved but is not rising as fast as other sectors ... support. * Workforce reform is essential to deliver better pay, training and development for staff. * People need more ... action needed to increase the number and quality of direct payments and support other ways of promoting choice and ...