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Returning to work: disabled people’s jobs and health under threat
18 May 2020 | News
... people paid leave to remain at home if they cannot show a government letter ‘proving’ that their impairments ... have warned that eight million people with underlying health conditions should be shielding, rather than the ... Health England guidance are entitled to statutory sick pay, but this only applies to the 2.2 million people on the ...
Groundswell of support for increasing benefit payments made to Disabled people: Fabian Society report
26 May 2021 | News
... pandemic, a study of public attitudes to social security shows a groundswell of support for increasing benefit ... measure of poverty for disabled people, because people with health needs and disabilities face essential costs which ... to be living in poverty, compared to 18% of those without a disability. This suggests that at least half of disabled ...
Cross Party MPs call for public inquiry into benefit related deaths
14 October 2022 | News
... Party have backed the calls of bereaved families, Rethink Mental Illness, Mind, Child Poverty Action Group, and DR UK ... are being missed. “Far more people experience mental health crisis, self-harm or suicide attempts than die by ... and campaigners. “There is also an urgent need to reform how cases of death and serious harm are investigated. ...
Support our Marathon runners
08 February 2020 | News
... the picture in terms of the work that Disability Rights UK does. Disability in this context has a far broader ... definition, including grave illness, such as cancer, and mental health. “My mum worked in the care sector for most of her ...
Government announces halt to Disabled Facilities Grant increase
07 February 2024 | News
... consult all the measures around the DFG in 2022, along with how funding is distributed, but none of the consultations ... charity Contact, said unsuitable housing had "a huge detrimental impact on the physical and mental health of families with disabled children and this urgently ...
Cross Party MPs call for public inquiry into benefit related deaths
14 October 2022 | News
... Party have backed the calls of bereaved families, Rethink Mental Illness, Mind, Child Poverty Action Group, and DR UK ... are being missed. “Far more people experience mental health crisis, self-harm or suicide attempts than die by ... and campaigners. “There is also an urgent need to reform how cases of death and serious harm are investigated. ...
DR UK writes to DWP Minister to raise concerns about new PIP descriptor activity guidance
07 November 2017 | News
... panel held that a PIP activity cannot be carried out safely does not require that the occurrence of harm is “more ... On 2 November Penny Mordaunt Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work said - “The DWP will be going through all ... if some claimant’s PIP awards should be increased. However, it is not clear exactly what amendments have been ...
EHRC Says WCA Consultation Period Insufficient For Disabled People To Meaningfully Respond
31 October 2023 | News
... who receives any rate of PIP will receive an extra “health element” , included in their UC. Medically ... only from 2026/2027and 2029 for existing claimants. However, on 8 September, the Government launched a ... that applies if there would be a substantial risk to the mental or physical health of you or anyone else if you were ...
Disabled Activists Host Sit-In Outside Parliament After They Were Refused Entry To Meet With MPs
03 September 2024 | News
... were delivered as intended. Read on to hear more about how the day's events went. John Pring, the editor and ... Imagine the sheer indifference and audacity of a Governmental department - treating with contempt family members ... Disabled people were shown how disposable we are – how much worse is it for us when we are on our own, when there ...
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 ...