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Ombudsman finds council wrong for automatically reducing disability-related expenses where a cheaper option was available
16 June 2021 | News
... Care Ombudsman has found Essex County Council at fault in how it considered two separate women’s Disability Related Expenses (DREs). The women both have ... incurs directly related to a disability when assessing how much they should contribute towards their care. The ...
Universal Credit linked to suicide risk finds new research
15 November 2018 | News
Universal Credit has become a serious threat to public health, with the stress of coping with the new benefit affecting mental health and leading some to consider suicide, ... serious consequences for their health and wellbeing. It shows that people moving onto Universal Credit, especially ...
Number Of Trussell Trust Food Parcels Nearly Double Over The Past Five Years
04 June 2024 | News
... ago. In newly published annual statistics, problems with health are reported in over one in five (22%) referrals to ... people. Recent Trust research found that the design of the disability benefits system was putting disabled people in ... was at 19.1% in April 2023 and remained above 10% for much of the year until falling to 4% as of March 2024. … ...
NAO report says impractical to cease UC rollout but DWP ducks hardship issues
14 June 2018 | News
... More about universal credit More about universal credit and disability The report finds that the Department for Work and Pension (DWP) does not have a realistic alternative but to continue with ... have full rollout of UC or migration from legacy benefits. However, in response to yesterday’s court decision ...
The cost-of-living crisis impacts access to prescription medicines says RPS
14 February 2023 | News
... the results of the survey published and the main findings show that pharmacists all agree that the cost of living is ... cited that prescription charges for those with long-term health conditions and financially vulnerable people should ... people cannot afford goes on and on and Government doesn’t seem prepared to step up and make the big ...
Hybrid working benefits Disabled people, but risks poorer development opportunities
21 October 2021 | News
... for learning and development. The study highlighted how line manager support for remote working is considered ... challenges of public transport, better integrate work with health and personal issues and maintain our independence. ... career progression. Action needs to be taken to ensure this doesn’t happen.” The University has developed a guide ...
Nearly half of disabled people hit by the benefits freeze can’t afford essential bills
01 September 2019 | News
New research from Citizens Advice shows that nearly half of disabled people hit by the benefits ... Working Tax Credits and Child Benefit. The rates freeze does not apply include PIP, Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance and the support group of ESA, ...
Disability pay gap increases to highest level since 2013
24 May 2018 | News
... £1.50 an hour less on average than non-disabled workers Disability pay gap has increased to a 4-year high of 15% A new TUC ... And employers should talk to their disabled workers about how to make work more accessible. “Disabled people can get ...
Disabled people’s voices support Lords in defeating Government over ESA benefit cut
27 January 2016 | News
... work’. Real life isn’t like that. You may have a health condition that means you may be able to do some work but not straight away. Research shows that Almost 60% of people on JSA move off the benefit ... barriers to employment, for instance for people with mental health challenges and fluctuating conditions. ...
Strategic partner updates for May 2013
21 May 2013 | News
... Health England. We have used this opportunity to reconsider how we can promote investment in and use of the lived ... is necessary. However, with the case studies very much reduced in substance (and shifted to Annex E) an ... Disability Rights UK members and our networks of the fundamental changes following the Health and Social Care Act 2012 ...