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Low-traffic schemes overlook Disabled people’s needs
27 April 2021 | News
... camera-controlled filters makes “the environment feel much safer, and make it much more likely that local people ... to travel more by active means”. Edward Cripwell, of Disability Action in Islington, told The Times the charity ... they presented us with this scheme as a fait accompli. It does not seem that the rights of disabled people have been ...
Benefit sanctions harming claimants, lawyers warn
21 July 2022 | News
... lose 100% of their standard allowance for a period of time. However, the system for challenging benefit sanctions ... funds to live on. That can have a direct and detrimental effect on people’s mental and physical ... shows, the system for challenging benefit sanctions does not work. At the heart of the system is a presumption ...
Benefit rates remain “close to destitution levels”, says JRF
30 January 2023 | News
... million people (one in five) - were in poverty in 2020/21. However, it also highlights that living standards are likely ... only increased by 3.1% when inflation was and is still much higher. The JRF acknowledges that benefits were ... by the additional costs associated with disability and ill-health, and partly by the barriers to work disabled people ...
Cost of living crisis: Carolynne’s story
27 September 2022 | News
... £530 each month. I can’t afford that. The bottom line is health and social care needs to start contributing to the ... staff who support Freya also need heating, so I have to pay for them to be warm. It’s causing animosity between me ... no impact on a £6,000 energy bill. The Scottish government doesn’t give local authorities the funds to support us. ...
One-in-seven workers in Britain have a disability
19 October 2022 | News
... period. The biggest growth was seen amongst those reporting mental health impairments, with over three times as many Disabled ... and what adjustments they may need with their employer. However, it's important to remember that despite what these ...
Government abandons plans to extend SSP to all low paid workers
03 August 2021 | News
... in 2021-22 is £96.35 a week for up to 28 weeks. In its Health is everyone’s business consultation , published in ... “The system of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is inflexible and does not reflect modern working practices, such as flexible ... said: “The Government’s own consultation clearly shows there is widespread support for the extension of SSP to ...
Jodey Whiting failed by DWP says inquiry
26 February 2019 | News
... rules in the case of Jodey, who had had a long history of mental distress. To make matters worse, the DWP continued to ... has died . The DWP has been ordered to apologise and pay £10,000 compensation. The DWP said it accepted the ... the ‘appalling damage’ caused by the government’s much criticised “fitness for work” assessment and other ...
Celebrating All-party Parliamentary Group on Disability
03 June 2013 | News
... celebrate achievements of All-party Parliamentary Group on Disability, and Marije Davidson’s contribution As Marije ... It has led the way in bringing together disability and health All-party groups to debate issues of common strategic ... challenges ahead! A very hard act to follow! Thank you so much and thank you DRUK for providing such an important ...
Work programme still fails disabled people
08 January 2014 | News
... people a week were being supported into work or training. However this claim needs to be viewed in context with the ... considered to be disabled. Liz Sayce, Chief Executive of Disability Rights UK says: ‘Of course it’s good news ... for money. Work Choice - a more specialist programme - does some good work in spite of a payment incentive system ...
Disabled People Should Be Able To Try Work Without Risk To Their Benefits: New Cross-Party IPPR Report
19 September 2024 | News
... Public Policy Research’s (IPPR) cross-party Commission on Health and Prosperity has concluded its almost three-year ... to find appropriate work that suits for the long term.” However, it says that there are still many potential ... The recommendation that a period in which anyone with a disability or chronic health condition can try work – with ...