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Charging for support: a tax on disability and old age
30 April 2018 | News
... Independent Living Strategy Group - an informal grouping of disability organisations and activists, chaired by Baroness ... request for examples of where people had tried to challenge how their local authority was implementing the Care Act. ... against their direct payment). This is a long-standing and much contentious issue. We are talking here, not about ...
UK Government refuses to attend UN meeting scrutinising its rights violations of Disabled people under UNCRPD
28 August 2023 | News
... that monitors implementation of the UNCRPD that it does not want to undergo public scrutiny on its progress at ... standards and support had got worse. Kamran Mallick, CEO of Disability Rights UK, which was on the shadow report’s ... at the time: “The findings of this report highlight just how important it is that the independent Covid inquiry into ...
Our latest benefit appeal summaries
20 March 2019 | News
... financial help they need because of their disability at a much earlier point.” For more information see Appeal Court ... benefits made by her department.” It is difficult to see how a disadvantage which is arbitrary can be justified. ... a fixed term award to be inappropriate. The section does not set out the legal consequences of a decision that a ...
Tackling social exclusion and disability harassment
27 May 2013 | News
... since it is more difficult for victims to escape. However, he assured that the government is taking necessary ... not share the Minister’s enthusiasm for the bill as it does not reflect the government rhetoric that there was ... grammar school, studying for my GCSEs. This put me in a much stronger position to petition for my continued ...
Student FAQs
23 September 2024 | Resource
... full-time students are not eligible for Universal Credit. However, there are some exceptions to this rule. You can ... my Universal Credit? Your student income can affect how much Universal Credit you get. Universal Credit is paid ... them from benefiting from the education provided. The LA does not have to provide free transport and can ask you to ...
Government's Universal Credit Bill Passes: DR UK Response
09 July 2025 | News
... Rights UK, as it will further push Disabled people on the health-element of Universal Credit into poverty, removing ... on in 2016 and reaffirmed in 2024. With our polling showing that only 27% of the public support the ... reforms, DR UK's Mikey had this to say: " By no means does all the tireless campaigning of Disabled people to ...
Experiences of Personal Independence Payment on people with sensory impairments
03 February 2016 | News
... with combined hearing and sight loss who have been claiming Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and who will apply for ... and received an outcome in the last few months. What does the research involve? We would like to speak with you ... to ask if we could follow-up with you a month later to see how you are getting on. However each interview is voluntary. ...
ONS releases new Coronavirus and disability data
25 August 2020 | News
The ONS has released its third set of data showing the impacts of Coronavirus on disabled people during ... is affecting their well-being because it makes their mental health worse (46% compared with 18% for non-disabled ... they are feeling lonely (42% and 29%), they spend too much time alone (36% and 25%), they feel like a burden on ...
UC denies most disabled people opportunity to enter full time HE
06 July 2017 | News
... 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 ... you are pregnant and there would be a serious risk to the health of you or your child if you did not refrain from ...
Government must listen to families of Disabled children on school attendance
02 March 2022 | News
... defiant truancy, but caused by a genuine impairment or health condition, such as poor mental health resulting from a lack of meaningful SEND ... to remember that ‘attendance support’ means so much more than the number of children in school. It means ...