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DR UK raise “hidden” 55% ESA cut for under 25 year olds with Minister
04 April 2017 | News
... Parliamentary review on the proposed £30 week cut to ESA . However, what was hidden in the run-up to the issuing of the ... disincentive” to disabled people gaining employment. Does the Government believe that a 55% cut to the ESA rate ... top up their loans, for disabled students this is usually much harder (for instance, employers are unwilling to put in ...
Doctors assumed Disabled people not capable of discussing care
03 March 2021 | News
... elderly and Disabled people were not capable of discussing how they should be treated and as a consequence, do not ... a do not resuscitate order on their file did “not have mental capacity” to have input into their care. The report ... report shows this to be the case. The NHS and professional health bodies, need to take urgent action to challenge ...
Scottish review into care charge costs
24 June 2013 | News
... for nursing care has been announced today by Scottish Health Secretary Alex Neil Newly-released statistics show that the number of people in Scotland being given state ... in a nursing home or in their own home. While Scotland does provide personal care for free people in care homes and ...
Low income and vulnerable consumers debate
06 November 2014 | News
Yesterday the Lords debated how Government policies affect low income and vulnerable ... their enjoyment of the right to independent living”. Disability activists have led demands for a cumulative ... people, as well as on women and children. I would very much welcome the Minister’s response to that question of a ...
DBC response to PIP aids and appliances descriptors consultation
07 February 2016 | News
The Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) has responded to this ... claimants must score some points from a descriptor that does not relate to aids and appliances. This would mean ... the greatest need. We have therefore decided to consult on how aids and appliances are taken into account when ...
A fork in the road: next steps for social care funding reform
17 May 2018 | News
... removes one of the systematic barriers to integration with health and although it is more expensive than 3, it is not ... of the report is on older users of the care system. “This does not mean that services for working-age adults do not ... additional funding. In fact, the opposite is clearly true. However, as described in our interim report , we see no ...
DWP concedes legal challenge by couple who lost almost £10,000 by claiming Universal credit
25 July 2021 | News
... mistakenly told them they had to. They proved to be much worse off under UC. They should have been protected ... transferred to UC, on account of being entitled to a severe disability premium (SDP). But DWP excluded them from that ... apply for judicial review, saying the claim was unarguable. However, after the High Court granted permission to apply ...
DWP sanctions system discriminated against disabled people for a decade
25 July 2019 | News
... obtained through a freedom of information request, show that disabled people claiming JSA were more likely to ... Against Cuts said: “Information given by UC statistics does not desegregate the data by claims, or by work ... finding coercive ways to get people off benefits when their health or other critical factors clearly make this ...
The Shameful Reality of Airplane Travel for Disabled People - Blog by Fazilet Hadi
22 July 2024 | News
... of exclusion as a Disabled airplane traveller. She explains how not only are the current procedures for Disabled ... flights. There was a real lack of respect and dignity shown to us. It was a truly shambolic service, where customer ... especially after an overnight trip, but imagine how much more horrific it would be if your first language ...
Sick Pay change blow for those with a PA
27 March 2014 | News
... no longer be able to claim reimbursement for Statutory Sick Pay following the abolition of the Percentage Threshold ... Disability Rights UK have been contacted by people who upon ... in employing people with a fluctuating or degenerating health condition; yet these employees are amongst the very ...