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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 ...
Human Rights Act 1998
07 October 2022 | Resource
Contents What is the Human Rights Act What does the European Court of Human Rights do? Key Articles and ... up to three months. When you use the HRA you will need to show which part of the convention has been breached and be ... was taken away from people detained under Section 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983. In other words, this differed from ...
Government Consultation on Measures to Reduce Health Related Job Loss
28 August 2019 | News
The Government has published Health is everyone’s business , a public consultation ... workplace modifications; Reforming of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) so that it is better enforced, more flexible, and ... to understand the implications of any reforms and how any potential changes can be best implemented in the ...
Work and Pensions Secretary told to urgently increase the financial support paid to unpaid carers
01 July 2020 | News
... the vital role that unpaid carers play, and to put in place much needed financial support for carers who remain essential in supporting the health and care systems we all depend on. It is time we made ... to press for £20 week increase to ESA available from disabilityrightsuk.org Work and Pensions Secretary told to ...
Labour MPs Take a Public Stand Against the Disability and Health Benefit Cuts
17 June 2025 | News
15 Labour MPs took part in a photo-call organised by Disability Rights UK and the DPO Forum England to publicly show their opposition to disability and health benefit cuts proposed in the Pathways to Work Green ...
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 ...
Children's Commissioner calls for improved SEND provision
16 September 2022 | News
... Commissioner website . The Commissioner states how barriers to support include children not being ... less likely to be in work, and - on average - have much lower earnings 15 years after Key Stage 4. One ... for greater consistentency in the delivery of Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), alongside a full list of ...
Vince Cable visits disability entrepreneurs
07 July 2014 | News
Dr Vince Cable to examine disability entrepreneurship in visit to leading university ... and its value to the UK economy. The laboratory showcases cutting edge technology in enabling disabled people ... They contributed some £16 billion as individual tax payers in 2010. Their spending power was estimated by the ...
DSA guidance: Our response
15 January 2015 | News
Response to the guidance on Disabled Student Allowance from Disability Rights UK Introduction Disability Rights UK is a ... that upon visiting the web link the invitation to comment does not include the policy itself or whether there are ... like to learn who has been notified of this opportunity and how the views of disabled students themselves have been ...
Disabled people deserve better support for work schemes
03 March 2013 | News
... least three months over the first year. The figures also show that, of the 55,000 people using Work Choice in the last ... support, for instance with people with serious mental health problems (who face the very greatest barriers to ...