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‘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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Charging for residential accommodation
07 October 2022 | Resource
... must undertake a financial assessment in order to establish how much you are supposed to contribute towards the cost of ... scheme more widely to anyone they feel would benefit who does not fully meet the criteria. BACK TO START Lacking ...
Kickstart scheme discriminates against disabled young people
03 September 2020 | News
... scheme is part of the government’s Plan for Jobs , which pays employers to take on young people and pays for 25 hours a week at minimum wage for six months. However, Kickstart does not pay any specific attention to disabled young people ...
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 ...
Social workers needed to support with health and wellbeing research
23 April 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK has partnered with University of ... receipt of social care support (personal budgets and direct payments) about how and where to be physically active and importantly why. ... Social workers needed to support with health and wellbeing research ...