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Into Apprenticeships, Traineeships, and Supported Internships seminar report
14 February 2018 | News
... Kamran also highlighted the work Disability Rights UK does including information to students through their ... managing directors at L’Oréal and other areas such as Health and Safety, reception and the post room. “I felt ... Lead, DWP, talked about the Access to Work scheme and how it can provide help with additional costs and for ...
High Court rules mandatory reconsideration requirement for ESA claimants unlawful
10 August 2020 | News
... with respect to ESA claimants who meet the conditions for payment while an appeal is pending. When someone makes a ... claimant has a right of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal. However, the effect of regulation 3ZA of the Social Security ... and Appeals) Regulations 1999 is that the right of appeal does not arise until the Secretary of State has had the ...
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 ...
Universal Credit will hit 1.9 million by over £1,000 per year with disabled people worst affected
23 April 2019 | News
... living activities such as preparing food - can receive as much as £2,230 per year less in universal credit than they ... would have under the previous system; Others - those whose health is not deemed to affect their basic living activities ... losses do turn out to be temporary for those concerned. However, even when measuring people’s incomes over ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...