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Government announces benefits will not rise with inflation until April 2023
08 September 2022 | News
... review should include a specific review of the adequacy of disability benefits and should consider whether it is ... to rely on discretionary funds and one-off payments. However, in response to the Committee’s report, the ... peaks and troughs even out over time… “The Government does not intend to conduct a specific review into the ...
Advocacy: Get your voice heard
07 October 2022 | Resource
Contents What does advocacy mean? What is the role of the Advocate? Which ... It works with older people and disabled people who have mental health issues, sensory impairment, physical ... the people who care for them. They have expert advice on how to get the care and support you need and on benefits and ...
Disabled people cut off from energy supply
12 January 2023 | News
... that 3.2 million people ran out of credit on their pre-payment energy meter last year, the equivalent of one person ... mode. Dan White, policy, and campaigns officer at Disability Rights UK said “With one in five pre-payment ... it can result in a Disabled person reliant on energy for health and mobility related equipment being cut off from the ...
Write to your MP to ensure ESA is uplifted to match the £20 per week increase to Universal Credit
27 October 2020 | News
... for both Universal Credit (UC) and Working Tax Credits. However the same increase was not extended to other ... disabled people cannot move to UC due to the ‘ Severe Disability Premium Gateway’ that prevents people claiming ... year. Now is our opportunity to make sure Chancellor MP doesn’t let over two million people go without the £20 ...
New payment to be introduced in Scotland to protect those challenging disability benefit decisions
01 November 2020 | News
Claimants challenging disability benefit decisions will be able to claim a new Short Term Assistance payment under Scotland’s new social security system The ... security , including responsibility over certain benefits. However, it is to delay the introduction of the Child ...
DR UK says disabled people should not pay for the DWP mistakes on ESA
20 March 2018 | News
... Allowance (ESA), Ken Butler, welfare benefits advisor at Disability Rights UK said: Read NAO report “The National ... Audit Office report makes for sorry reading. “It shows a shambolic catalogue of mistakes which have had a ... welcome any efforts made to identify those affected and pay them money that is rightfully theirs. “But disabled ...
Call for Evidence – Halving the disability employment gap
09 June 2016 | News
... following questions and themes, to inform its inquiry into how the Government can fulfil its pledge to halve the ... for submissions 11 July 2016 Business networks What does an effective and inclusive business network look like? ... disabled people, their family and carers, their medical and healthcare teams, employers and employees, from local ...
New report finds disability employment rates rise higher than those for non-disabled
13 January 2019 | News
Setting the record straight: How record employment has changed the UK – Resolution ... and a rise in the proportion of people reporting mental health problems. At the same, time employment rates have ...
Autumn statement: Employing PAs concession
02 December 2014 | News
... in kind. Sue Bott, Director of Policy and Development at Disability Rights UK said “I am delighted with this ... the delivery plan. 2.225 Adult community learning and mental health – The government will commit £20 million in ...
Disabled single mother wins ‘no DSS rule’ legal case
13 July 2020 | News
... indirectly discriminatory on the grounds of sex and disability, contrary to […] the Equality Act 2010”. ... just morally wrong, it is against the law.” The ruling does not set a legal precedent, but Shelter said it sent a ... Mallick said: “Housing is one of people’s most fundamental needs. It is absurd that disabled people are ...