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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 ...
PIP assessment recordings to be allowed
22 February 2021 | News
... to record their assessments for Personal Independence Payments (PIP). Responding in a letter to the Right to ... that claimants have to go through.” Read more at Disability News Service. PIP assessment recordings to be ...
Our response to the PIP second independent review call for evidence
20 September 2016 | News
... the second independent review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment. View our response View the ...
PIP fails those with progressive conditions
07 June 2016 | News
... progressive conditions. Muscular Dystrophy UK, new Focus on Disability Benefits report highlights the problems people ... financial hardship as a result of delays in receiving a disability benefit around 40 percent of respondents had an assessment for a disability benefit at a centre that was not accessible for ...
Ensuring employers comply with National Minimum Wage regulations
10 May 2016 | News
... social care sector remains a concern. View report The Low Pay Commission continues to assess this sector as high risk ... and maintains its progress in ensuring all employers pay the minimum wage. The government also needs to reduce ...
Bedroom tax puts two thirds in debt
11 February 2014 | News
... affected by the bedroom tax cannot find the money to pay their rents, according to new research from the National ... were reported to be in debt because they were unable to pay the bedroom tax. The research also found that housing ...
107 organisations stand firm on Human Rights Act
09 December 2013 | News
... see the vital role of human rights in ensuring a fair and healthy democracy, helping us all to live with dignity and ... of Mercy Sisters of Mercy Frances Crook - Chief Executive, Howard League for Penal Reform Lynda Dearlove - Chief ... Association - UK Liz Sayce - Chief Executive Officer Disability Rights UK Emma Scott - Director Rights of Women ...
MPs vote for bedroom tax exemptions
04 September 2014 | News
... living at the property, is in receipt of any component of disability living allowance or personal independence payment and they are not reasonably able to share a bedroom ... the 304 MPs who voted for this private members bill. It shows the ability of parliament to resist unfair Government ...
Claimants win 60 per cent of benefit appeals
08 December 2016 | News
... in 2015. Of these 44 per cent were personal independence payment (PIP) appeals and 39 per cent were employment and support allowance (ESA) appeals. The figures also show that 39,469 Social Security and Child Support appeals ... 62 per cent of ESA were overturned; 59 per cent of disability living allowance cases were overturned; 43 per ...
EDF briefing on Judicial Review reform
27 March 2014 | News
... that interveners in Judicial Review cases in courts will pay their own costs and any costs incurred by any other ... the briefing at http://www.edf.org.uk/blog/?p=32328 Disability Rights UK is a member of the Equality and ...