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Jenna starts Movement: University Against Disability Cuts (UADC)
31 March 2025 | News
... Mae, University Student and founder of Universities Against Disability Cuts UK, talks about how the impact of proposed benefits cuts will lead to many ... circumstances, a disability proforma, and my PIP payments. Without any one on these things, I firmly believe ...
Disability Poverty Campaign Group Response to Spring Budget
08 March 2024 | News
... by Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs), including many disability and anti-poverty organisations, the Disability ... a year, then reviewed and made permanent. The HSF provides much needed financial aid for those in poverty, of which ... people. You can read more about that upcoming hearing and how you can tune in on our news article. Overall, an ...
MPs call for radical overhaul of DWP’s approach to employment support
01 August 2021 | News
... for increasing the number of Disabled people in work. However, it finds that it has largely got there because ... employment support, with its main programme, the Work and Health Programme (WHP) currently commissioned at a national ... approach. Support for finding and staying in a job that is much more personalised, flexible and effective should be ...
How do politicians discuss disability issues? An interactive research tool
23 March 2017 | News
How do politicians discuss disability issues? Read blog Has this changed over time? When do particular ways of speaking about disability become popular, or fall out of favour? Evan ... this excellent interactive blog which enables you to see how regularly disability related words and phrases ...
How to cope with disability at work: Guardian live chat
21 February 2017 | News
Do you have a disability or are you an employer in need of expert advice ... Careers’ disability at work week. Subjects include: How to cope with bullying or harassment at work because of ... on finding work and disclosing disabilities to employers. How employers can foster better working environments for ...
DWP launches WCA changes consultation aimed at reducing the number of claimants in ‘limited capability for work-related activity’ group
06 September 2023 | News
... be entitled to an extra amount of benefit. The March 2023 Health and Disability White Paper proposed abolishing the ... geographical basis from no earlier than 2026/2027. However, the DWP says that any changes to the WCA will be ... the provision of “substantial risk to their physical or mental health or to the physical or mental health of someone ...
1.6 million children live in mouldy and damp homes
23 February 2023 | News
... is often the cause of these issues. And its study showed that tenants of private rentals are 73% more likely to ... need accessible, safe and affordable homes to support our health, wellbeing and independence. Appropriate housing is ... renters live in dangerous, cold and damp homes. We pay too much for way too little. At the same time as increasing the ...
Switching Focus: Whose responsibility to improve disabled peoples employment and pay
28 November 2018 | News
... employers to improve disabled people’s employment and pay. It also considers how proposals could be framed and pursued, to enable people ... responsibility to improve disabled peoples employment and pay ...
Holocaust Memorial Day: Dont Stand By
26 January 2016 | News
... the lessons of the past and to recognise that genocide does not just take place on its own, it’s a steady process ... fortunate here in the UK; we are not at risk of genocide. However, discrimination has not ended, nor has the use of the language of hatred or exclusion. There is still much to do to create a safer future and HMD is an ...
DLA, PIP and AA now devolved to Scotland
28 March 2016 | News
... Benefits devolved to the Scottish Parliament include Disability Living Allowance, Carer’s Allowance, Attendance ... the Scottish Government will have new powers to determine: how claimants are paid and how much some claimants get for housing support; how often to ...