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Nearly half of everyone in poverty is either a disabled person or lives with a disabled person
06 February 2020 | News
... fewer hours on average and are more likely to be low paid. However, the poverty rate is still higher for disabled ... to improve the numbers of disabled people in work, but much more action is needed by governments and employers if ... the disability benefit system is urgently needed. Not only does a reformed system need to provide better and reliable ...
Lords votes to fail working age Disabled people over care charging
04 May 2022 | News
... of Lords has voted in favour of the current version of the Health and Social Care Bill, effectively voting against ... The reforms will introduce a lifetime cap of £86,000 on how much anyone needs to pay for social care. The government’s ...
Another winter, another energy crisis for Disabled people, another wall of silence from Government.
04 February 2025 | News
... not to mention multiple daily uses of washing machines and showers. All this costs, driving Disabled people into ... meaning a person with a terminal illness would be paying as much as £3,500 a year for energy. The report also ... both associated with higher needs for heating and health related equipment. It is extremely concerning that ...
Latest learning disabilities mortality statistics make for grim reading
03 May 2018 | News
... if you’re learning disabled, you’re more likely to die much younger than your family, friends and neighbours who ... it comes to health and social care. “It’s hard to see how this will happen when the Department of Health and NHS ... person (either with consent or following the appropriate Mental Capacity Act decision-making process). All people ...
Government announces series of reforms meant to improve lives of disabled people
24 June 2019 | News
... chief executive of Disability Rights UK said "There's much to be welcomed in the government's statement, especially the new cross governmental approach to disability. All government departments have a role to play when it comes to equality. "However, it has to lead to real change in disabled people's ...
Disability Rights UK issue a statement in response to the chancellors remarks on benefit claimants today
02 October 2023 | News
... Work Capability Assessment, the test aimed at establishing how much a disability or illness limits someone's ability to ... investment in the NHS and social care, a huge investment in mental health services, free skills training and for those ...
Bedroom tax savings. Disabled people suffer most.
09 October 2013 | News
... 61%, for the latest year we have—and it has not changed much. The number of homes provided that have single bedrooms ... The early returns—and I stress they are early returns—show that local authorities are either managing those well or ... at this particular time. Baroness Sherlock (Lab): My Lords, does the Minister accept that last week the courts ruled ...
End the “Persecution” of Unpaid Carers Says DR UK
09 April 2024 | News
... income from a job, there are strict government limits on how much they can earn – currently £151.00 a week. ... the time they spend caring for someone so that the system does not punish them for misinterpreting complicated and ...
Strategic partner updates December 2015
30 November 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 with ... organisations and larger charities. Disability Rights very much welcomes the conclusion by Olivia Butterworth, head of ...
Disability Rights UK on the impact of sanctions
12 January 2015 | News
... of benefit sanctions on January 7th MPs heard from us how more people on JSA are being sanctioned than finding a ... their own guidance on safeguarding leading to people with mental health conditions being suspended from benefit payments ...