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Budget 2021: “Outrageous” that over 1.9 million disabled people on legacy benefits refused £20 week financial lifeline
08 March 2021 | News
... on Universal Credit have been getting for nearly a year. How the Chancellor can stand up and say the Government’s ... people. Before the Budget, key bodies working across health and care said that that the £20 must be kept and ... most of whom are disabled people and people with long-term mental and physical health conditions, were excluded from ...
Half of DLA claimants still losing higher mobility rate support on moving to PIP
19 September 2018 | News
A Freedom of Information (FoI) Act response to DR UK shows that around half of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants who were in ... need the benefit the most.” Ken added: “While the DWP does publish some PIP statistics it does not publish ...
Social Security System "sanctions and demonises Disabled People" - DR UK responds to Employment Inquiry
08 April 2024 | News
... of Disabled people. These ranged from questions on how we close the disability employment gap, and how ... Crisis . Barriers to adequate housing, social care and healthcare also exclude us from employment and society. The ... “feel like criminals”, causes “trauma and preventable mental distress”, and “tells Disabled people they are ...
Strategic partner updates for July 2014
30 July 2014 | News
Health and Social Care update from our work as Strategic ... UK’s events and workplan (lead on commissioning ), and on how this will support local user-led organisations and ... Peer support workers - new ways of working in mental health services A newly published study from the ...
Debt charities urge Ofgem to protect people with energy debt
08 August 2022 | News
... their energy use – putting at risk their physical and mental health. The charities’ findings show that: Energy arrears, rather than Council Tax, are now ...
Secretary of State: DWP has no legal duty to safeguard the wellbeing of vulnerable claimants
30 September 2020 | News
... the evidence session on 22 July 2020] when you say the DWP does not have a duty of care or a statutory safeguarding ... safeguarding responsibilities is shocking and shameful and shows a lack of concern over the wellbeing of disabled ... capability assessment. He was known to suffer from serious mental health issues but in line with DWP safeguarding ...
DR UK responds to the LGA report on adult social care
24 September 2018 | News
... Association (LGA) consultation kick-starts the debate on how to pay for adult social care and rescue care services ... DR UK's reponse to LGA consultation Sue Bott, Deputy CEO of Disability Rights UK said: “We welcome the publication of ... LGA’s Green Paper and this initiative in stimulating the much needed debate on how to overcome the crisis in social ...
An update on Disabled Students allowance
16 March 2016 | News
... and reflecting the proposals we ourselves advocated for. However concerns over the implementation of the policy ... of the role the guidance ascribes to the providers of mental health services to disabled students and have reflected this ...
The UK Government Is Facing The UN Disability Committee - Here's How You Can Get Involved!
17 March 2024 | News
... will also be live, embedded captions on the live stream. How you can help Watch the evidence session and scrutinise ... of this news story) The UK Government Is Facing The UN Disability Committee - Here's How You Can Get Involved! ...
We deplore the draft Home Office guidance on solitary confinement
03 August 2016 | News
... Rights UK CEO Liz Sayce, says this will damage the health of disabled people and could be life-threatening. ... it permits solitary confinement of people living with mental health – or indeed other health – issues even if ... services where use of seclusion has gone right down, showing that services can manage without solitary confinement ...