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New Census Analysis on Unemployment Rates
12 January 2024 | News
... Office of National Statistics (ONS) this week, focusing on how unemployment rates vary at the intersection of ethnicity and disability. 2021 Census data already highlighted the ... inequalities. For example, experiencing medical racism in a health setting, whilst also being Disabled, will place ...
Govt dismisses call to allow Universal Credit to be paid twice monthly in England and Wales
07 November 2017 | News
... Exclusion to allow flexibility so that Universal Credit payments might be made twice monthly in England and Wales. ... Responding to the Committee, the Government said it does recognise that the move to a single monthly household ... a significant change, especially for vulnerable claimants. However, it adds: “That is why the flexibility already ...
Discrimination going unchallenged in legal aid system says the EHRC
18 June 2019 | News
Victims of discrimination are being denied their fundamental right to justice because of the current legal aid ... to the review setting out a number of recommendations. … However, we remain concerned that victims of discrimination ... a deaf service user with a cognitive impairment, mental health condition and a physical impairment explaining that: ...
Making disabled peoples participation real
04 June 2014 | News
... expansion of peer support and an overthrow of risk averse health and social care policies that restrict independent ... choice and control, the use of co-ercive powers under mental health law is growing inexorably, and as Shami ... was on balance a positive – all the research shows people had better lives after leaving institutions, and ...
Govt no comprehensive plan for Universal Credit
06 November 2013 | News
... has been spent so far on the programme. It is likely that much of this, including at least £140 million worth of IT ... a £38 billion economic benefit to society. This report doesn’t take into account our new leadership team, or our ... this to be substantially less. The head of Universal Credit Howard Shiplee has been clear that there is real potential ...
Using Medical Evidence In Benefit Appeals Training
23 June 2023 | News
This course looks at how to use medical evidence effectively, particularly in Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance and Universal Credit Appeals. It ...
Citizens Advice warns of prepayment meter debt crisis
06 October 2022 | News
... up with credit bought either online or from a local shop. However, research has shown that many energy suppliers are ... vulnerable people can be affected. For example, those with health conditions can be at huge risk from going ... leads at the Disability Poverty Campaign Group said: “As much as the energy cap was welcomed the reality Is that ...
Poor care training putting disabled people at risk
22 April 2015 | News
... to infections. And, worse still, insufficient training on how to administer medication could lead to fatal overdoses, ... care certificate – which came into force this month – does little to address the increasing lack of training for ... paid below the national minimum wage. This is because non-payment of travel time and care workers having to pay for ...
Video recording to be a standard part of the PIP assessment process
04 June 2018 | News
... is a fairer benefit than the old DLA system as it takes a much wider look at the way an individual’s health ... for the taxpayer. "We remain committed to understanding how the benefit is working and to continuous improvement in ... to the inquiry, an unprecedented public response to a departmental committee. Video recording to be a standard part ...
DWP must take urgent action to ensure mandatory medical requirements are not placed on UC claimants, says SSAC
24 September 2019 | News
... and engaging with their commitment and the Jobcentre. However, overall the SSAC says there is mixed evidence of ... may not be inspired to act … Claimants with physical and mental health problems were less likely than other claimants ... of the problems with the claimant commitment because DWP does not collect the right data: “The claimant commitment ...