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MPs urge rule change to enable UC to be payable to disabled students
01 August 2017 | News
Seven members of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Disability have written to the DWP Minister Damian Hinds to ... and attend colleges and universities away from their home. However, this ability is denied to them under Universal Credit as it does not automatically treat them as having a “limited ...
03 Strategic partner updates April 2015
31 March 2015 | News
... commissioning. For any comments and/or ideas about how to strengthen ‘disabled people leading change’, ... impact on professionals and on what they are doing? How does this happen? Maybe your DPULO is already involved ... from April, to keep people well, and bring home care, mental health and community nursing, GP services and ...
Decades of failure leaves half of disabled benefit claimants in poverty
23 February 2021 | News
... by The Social Market Foundation and Scope . The analysis shows that: almost half of all people in poverty are either ... report, provide the Government with an opportunity to take much needed immediate action to support disabled people. ... are in poverty compared to 15 years ago.” He added: “It doesn’t have to be this way. A welfare system should be ...
Broken benefits system forcing thousands of Disabled people to fall behind on payments and skip meals
31 August 2021 | News
... as ESA and Jobseeker’s Allowance, are facing considerable mental health and physical challenges as the pandemic has left them struggling financially, new research shows. The stark findings are from the latest Disability ...
TUC Slams “Zero Progress” on Disability Pay Gap in Last Decade
14 November 2023 | News
New analysis shows pay gap between non-disabled and disabled workers is ... "game changer" for disabled workers, introducing mandatory disability pay gap reporting and a day one right to flexible ... 3.3%). And the analysis shows disabled BME workers face a much tougher labour market – one in 10 (10.4%) BME ...
Social care sector unites in condemning Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill
07 February 2019 | News
... unites in open letter to Ministers criticising careless Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill Over 100 social care sector ... Dinenage MP, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Lords), Baroness Blackwood seeking clarification and ... and adequately fund the changes it will bring, given that much of the sector is already at financial breaking point. ...
1.5 million children will need mental health support due to pandemic
15 December 2020 | News
... Covid-19, while Mencap’s social care survey has shown that seven out of 10 people with a learning disability ... “Looking at long-term consequences, the Centre for Mental Health estimates that 1.5 million children will need mental ...
Read our submission on UC natural migration
18 February 2019 | News
... the spectrum of disability and health conditions, including mental health conditions, learning disabilities, dementia ... repaid leaving claimants to live on reduced income - debt doesn’t ease food poverty. The current waiting period ... for people needing to claim universal credit is welcome. However, the location of Citizens Advice offices across the ...
Pandemic school absence stats raise child mental health questions
15 July 2021 | News
Last week’s Department for Education figures show 1.5 million children were off school, raising concerns about high numbers of children refusing school for mental health reasons. About 840,000 pupils were off for ...
Disabled people still facing discrimination over face coverings
13 July 2020 | News
... and that this should be respected. If the messaging doesn’t change, millions of disabled people will not be ... on, wear or remove a face covering because of a physical or mental illness or impairment, or disability if putting on, ... and Wales .” Source: Face coverings: when to wear one and how to make your own available from gov.uk. Disabled ...