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High Court says benefit cap unlawful for carers
25 November 2015 | News
... benefit is capped, is to apply for a discretionary housing payment from your local authority. Disability Rights UK has published a full summary of the ...
More than half of all new PIP claims in Scotland refused
26 January 2020 | News
More than half of new claims for personal independence payment (PIP) in Scotland are refused, according to a ... that UK Government changes to welfare policies have had on disability benefit claimants. Key findings include: • ... Government’s welfare reforms. Now this latest analysis shows that those most in need in our society are less likely ...
Our Spring Statement 2019 Response
13 March 2019 | News
Disability Rights UK is disappointed with the Chancellor’s ... Spring Statement Philip Connolly, policy manager for Disability Rights UK, said the failure to mention disabled ... and disabled people, and their families and carers, to pay an extremely heavy price.” DR UK is a member of ...
Councils use of Capita leads to 7 per cent cut in care packages
22 September 2016 | News
... to cut costs and help fill a hole in its budget. Read the Disability News Service report The “pilot project” has ... People Against Cuts. Sue Bott, deputy chief executive of Disability Rights UK, said: “It seems extraordinary that ...
Half of PIP and ESA appeals successful
15 September 2015 | News
The appeal success rate for both PIP and ESA shows that the decision making process for both clearly ... This Parliamentary reply by Mike Penning last Friday shows that the success rate of both PIP and ESA appeals has ... appellants in England relating to (a) personal independence payments, (b) employment and support allowance, (c) income ...
New fee remission scheme from October
09 September 2013 | News
... on lower incomes who would otherwise have difficultly paying a fee to use court or tribunal services. A fee ... is a full or partial waiver of the fees that become payable when an individual uses these services. The ...
Read our response to MPs PIP and ESA Assessments inquiry
09 November 2017 | News
... the effectiveness of assessments for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). ...
You can now appeal your PIP decision online
15 November 2018 | News
... here , click on start now and type in personal independence payment. You can also download appeal forms for other ...
MPs say write off all bedroom tax arrears
20 March 2014 | News
... the bedroom tax in Scotland via Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) is flawed and inadequate. In its Ninth ... write off all the bedroom tax arrears, and refund all the payments that have been made so far as “the only fair and ...
Sign up for our Into Apprenticeships, Traineeships, and Supported Internships seminar
03 January 2018 | News
Disability Rights UK is pleased to invite you to attend our ... from National Apprenticeship Service, Access to Work, Disability Confident, local government, business ... Funding reforms, the Apprenticeship Levy and additional payments for employers and providers Advantages of being an ...