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Capita in U-turn over contesting compensation payment ordered after PIP claimant’s tragic death
08 August 2019 | News
... tragically died months after her personal independence payments were stopped following a Capita assessment. Capita ... dispute this at Telford County Court. Capita, who conduct health assessments for PIP on behalf of the DWP, initially ... after a court awarded to Victoria Smith’s family. However, Capita has now decided not to contest the judgement ...
MPs join activists and families in call for public inquiry into years of DWP deaths
17 December 2024 | News
... Work and Pensions (DWP). Disability News Service (DNS) has shown how the department spent more than a decade covering up ... and grieving relatives, and even lied to a coroner. Much of the evidence is included in the book The Department ... (WCA) . Among that evidence is research by public health experts from the universities of Liverpool and ...
Govt accepts most of SSAC managed migration recommendations
06 November 2018 | News
... problem it is trying to solve? is it fair – for example, does it impose disproportionate burdens on particular groups ... which have to be met before the main migration begins.” However, he added that: “We are disappointed that the DWP ... and Support Allowance. Many with, for instance, serious health conditions or learning difficulties will struggle to ...
Ofcom Easy Read mobile phone guide
22 December 2013 | News
... guide offers advice to people with learning difficulties on how to get the most out of their mobile phone and on how much it could cost. It gives useful information on: the ... available; the costs of mobile phone calls and ways to pay; free services available for disabled customers; and how ...
Reinstate the Access to Elected Office Fund!
25 November 2023 | News
... adjustments for Disabled candidates of elected officer. However, despite evidence that such a Fund is necessary, the ... has so far failed to re-establish it. The Government’s Disability Action Plan consultation proposes that a Fund be ... would have 130 disabled MPs, or MPs with long-term health conditions. Women also remain underrepresented in ...
Get Yourself Active: Whats Your PB?
31 March 2015 | News
... to sport and physical activity. We hope you like it as much as we do! For an introduction to the project please ... webpage . We want you to tell us what’s your PB ? What does it mean to you? Personal best? Personal budgets? This ... #WhatsYourPB . Alternatively tell me at leanne.wightman@disabilityrightsuk.org Get Yourself Active: Whats Your PB? ...
New research on inappropriate housing for disabled people
29 August 2019 | News
... housing causing disabled people ‘physical and mental harm’ New research from the University of ... Scotland and Horizon Housing Association has highlighted how difficult it is for many disabled people to find housing ... to them, and the impact on their mental and physical health caused by inappropriate housing. The research was ...
The Equality Act and Disabled people
22 December 2022 | Resource
Contents What is the Equality Act? What is Physical or mental impairment? What is a substantial and long-term ... are normal day-to-day activities? Types of discrimination How you can use the Equality Act What the Act can do for you ... be able to report this as a hate crime The Equality Act does cover harassment by an individual at a place where ...
DR UK concerned at plans to close almost one in 10 jobcentres
05 July 2017 | News
... who need it and those who pay for it." Disability Rights UK however is concerned that the DWP plans may result in a ... to those claimants who are disabled or have long term health conditions. Ken Butler, DR UK’s Welfare Rights ... “That more people are accessing benefits online is as much a reflection of the DWP forcing people to do so as ...
DR UK response to Right to Control pilots
29 August 2013 | News
Evaluation of the Right to Control pilots does not prove that the right to control pilots have failed ... such as Access to Work and Social Care and be in control of how our support needs are met. Potential benefits include ... is having for disabled people. In fact there has been so much success that all the trailblazers have decided they ...