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Family of Jodey Whiting seeks fresh inquest into her death to examine role played by DWP
07 January 2020 | News
... 2017. She was a vulnerable woman with multiple physical and mental health illnesses which left her house-bound, requiring 23 ... have been entitled to publicly funded legal representation. However, a subsequent inquiry by the Independent Case ...
90% of Low-Income Families on Universal Credit Going Without Essentials
05 July 2024 | News
... (60%) reported going without essentials like food, showers, heating and toiletries in the 6 months to May 2024, ... by the additional costs associated with disability and ill-health, and partly by the barriers to work Disabled people ... part in the range of social and cultural activities that much of society takes for granted.” For more information, ...
MPs say housing cost reform hurts disabled people
01 April 2014 | News
... or who need an extra room as a result of their disability, and who are unlikely to be able to move house or ... other areas someone in the same circumstances has to pay as much as 20% of their Council Tax. The Government should ... private and social sector landlords are concerned about how tenants will manage direct payments of housing costs ...
Chancellor Announces Back To Work Plan for Disabled People Backed By Tougher Sanctions
17 November 2023 | News
... to Work Plan to help Disabled people, those with long-term health conditions, or “long-term unemployment” to look ... for people to get specialised work and health support.” However, stricter benefit sanctions will also be enforced by ... provides but is becoming relentless and in an era of rising disability hate crime, unhelpful. For Disabled and ...
Open Letter To Liz Kendall: Don’t Continue With WCA Cuts
28 October 2024 | News
... do nothing to address current labour shortages. They will however increase levels of entrenched deprivation. Poverty ... risk” group. These are not people with “mild” mental health conditions, as portrayed in sections of the media. ...
New Universal Personalised Care Model launched
30 January 2019 | News
... and local government, and organisations from across health, care, voluntary and community-based sectors, as well ... by 2024, giving them the same choice and control over their mental and physical health that they have come to expect in ... care: Implementing the Comprehensive Model confirms how we will do this by 2023/24. It is the action plan for ...
DWP to decide PIP claims using unlawful and discriminatory rules until summer 2018
19 April 2018 | News
... McVey has now confirmed that the DWP will not appeal Disability Rights UK, who supported this case, welcomed the ... U-turn as it affects an estimated 164,000 claimants with mental health conditions. Esther McVey has now announced that both ...
Law change needed to tackle disability pay gap
04 November 2019 | News
... companies with over 50 people to have to take action on the disability pay gap. Analysis by the TUC shows that one in two disabled people of working age who ...
New guide to Adult Disability Payment in Scotland launched
14 August 2023 | News
Adult disability payment (ADP) is a benefit for people in Scotland between ... to claim than PIP? Data published on 31 January 2023 show that 60% of ADP claims result in awards (30% of claims ... of time. To this end, we have written a guide Adult Disability Payment: a Guide to the Benefit , which you can ...
Strategic partner updates for February 2014
03 February 2014 | News
Health and Social Care update from our work as Strategic ... UK’s events and workplan (lead on commissioning), and on how this will support local user-led organisations and ... in Southampton (Solent NHS Trust for both community and mental health: 27 February), Dudley (NHS Acute Trust: 28 ...