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Government announce Minimum Income Guarantee rise
14 February 2023 | News
... contribution to their social care costs. To assess how much should be paid towards any care, local authorities ... in MIG is welcome, Disability groups are asking for a fundamental r eview of MIG, to ensure that the level leaves ...
PIP independent review published
16 December 2014 | News
... it mildly given that today’s published PIP statistics show a backlog of 240,800 claims (40%) awaiting clearance. ... to the effectiveness of the assessment for people with a mental health condition or learning disability. The responses to ...
ULEZ changes for Disabled drivers announced
22 August 2023 | News
... the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and for TFL as part of the Disability Unit, focusing on ULEZ and its implications for ... 24 October 2027. This is valid as long as their vehicle doesn't change tax class. Dr Kanodia said: ‘I am grateful ... for ULEZ. It is great news for the disabled community and shows campaigns from disabled people can have a significant ...
Lobby to prevent more benefit deaths
28 January 2019 | News
... to prevent further deaths caused by the government’s much-criticised fitness for work test. Find out more The ... is always collected, particularly for claimants with mental health conditions. Although the lobby has been organised by ...
‘Urgent Social Security Reform Needed’ DR UK Letter to New Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
23 July 2024 | News
... living costs and the extra costs associated with having a health condition or disability. The Committee urged the development of a framework of principles to inform how benefit levels are set, and to outline objectives linked ... that by 2028/29, 424,000 people with serious mobility or mental health problems would be denied both extra Universal ...
Support into work from school failing most young people
07 April 2016 | News
... or with special educational needs or disability (SEND). However, they said, there is little focus on other groups including care leavers or those with mental health conditions. The support offered is towards a ... employment outcome, rather than a career. This narrow focus does not raise aspirations, and so limits social ...
Budget fails disabled people
11 March 2020 | News
... either disabled or have a disabled person in the household. Disability Rights UK welcomes government commitments to ... following our departure from the EU, we would like to see much more ambition to create a country where disabled people ... from the first day of sickness, rather than the eighth day. However, these are temporary measures and should instead be ...
Five week Universal credit wait having a devastating impact on disabled people
18 June 2019 | News
Disabled people face unavoidable costs as a result of their disability and cannot afford to lose substantial sums each ... of people to food banks (35%) and a worsening of people’s health, in particular their mental health (85%) and again, most worryingly driving ...
Disabled man spent 18 months sleeping on parent’s sofa due to Council’s care plan failure
15 August 2018 | News
A man with mental health problems was forced to sleep on his parents’ sofa ... of Hounslow has agreed to apologise to the family and pay the parents £1,000 for the significant and avoidable ...
Remploy disability awareness seminars for employers
09 April 2018 | News
... for employers to gain a greater insight into disability, health and the support available. Further details and ... Webinar and workshops currently available Supporting mental health in the workplace workshop Discover the ... Service Webinar Explore the facts around mental health and how Remploy can support mental health issues across your ...