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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Disabled children face institutional discrimination
07 July 2020 | News
... the majority of families were left to cope alone with the health, care and educational needs of their disabled children. The mental and physical health of children has deteriorated and families have been ...
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 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 ...
Disability Rights UK Conference 2017 report published
06 December 2017 | News
... (CRPD). This event was an opportunity to discuss how we make the UN Convention on the rights of disabled ... and implementing policies in Manchester including in health and social care. In particular, he was looking ... the Convention to be taken into account in reforming the Mental Health Act in the coming months. Disability Rights ...
Sue Bott gives evidence to MPs on disability and the built environment
25 October 2016 | News
... 11.5 million people (18% of the population) had a long-term health problem or disability that limited their day-to-day ... the supply of accessible housing is to keep up with demand? How responsive is the rental market to the needs of disabled ... London Jolie Goodman, Manager and Lead Facilitator, Mental Health Foundation At 10.30am Martin McConaghy, Member ...
TUC report exposes disability pay gap
15 November 2022 | News
... by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has found that the disability pay gap is rising. The TUC is calling on the Government to introduce mandatory disability pay gap reporting. The research has revealed that ...