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Budget 2017: three universal credit reforms to provide greater financial security
20 November 2017 | News
... with the introduction of Universal Credit. The severe disability premium (SDP) currently gives additional support ... Family and Childcare Trust; Fawcett Society; Gingerbread; Mental Health Foundation; Refugee Council; Shelter; The ...
Work and Pensions Committee benefit cap inquiry
22 February 2017 | News
... Committee launched an inquiry into the benefit cap and how it affects British households. Find out more The ... through moving into work, moving house etc? What effect does the lower cap have on incentives, what are the barriers ... What are the consequences for Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) and what impact does use of DHPs have on ...
Our expectations for the government's "opportunity guarantee"
05 July 2020 | News
... of funding to support traineeships, including £1,000 payments for organisations that take on work experience ... right direction, we believe the government needs to take much more decisive action, and to make sure that disabled ...
Fall in Number of Bus Drivers Given Disability Training
07 June 2023 | News
... responses from more than 40 regions across Great Britain, showed more operators were offering audio-visual ... of people who are older or have a disability, illness or mental health issue will continue to grow. Anything done to improve ...
New DWP scheme may enable claimants to get refund of already paid back Universal Credit hardship payments
11 January 2023 | News
... get a refund of already paid back Universal Credit hardship payments. The deadline to apply is 19 June 2023. Who is ... repayments; and The claimant repaid the hardship payment. How to apply: There is a specific application form which ... be because either: making the repayments affected their health or the health of a family member and/or making the ...
Benefit loss not eased by working or moving
11 August 2013 | News
... (CESI) for the Local Government Association (LGA) shows that less than a quarter of those on benefits will be ... from their council, such as Discretionary Housing Payments, to help them cope with the reduction in welfare. ... new homes by relaxing the rules which severely limit how much councils can borrow against their existing housing ...
More than £1 million for 10 new research projects led by disabled people
17 January 2018 | News
... and £150,000 of National Lottery funding each, to explore how disabled people can live as full citizens in our society ... will be led by disabled people or people with long term health conditions; they will be developing approaches and ... as people living with dementia, learning disabilities and mental health issues. The English projects are: ALLFIE (The ...
UK's Chief Medical Officers publish the first-ever guidelines on physical activity for disabled children and young people
16 February 2022 | News
... children and young people to improve their physical and mental health throughout their lives. Brett Smith, Director of ... active in ways that work for them, and these guidelines show how important this is. The evidence-based infographic is ...
Ombudsman upholding two-thirds of adult social care complaints
19 November 2017 | News
... sorting out the day-to-day stuff but what you learn and how you use that as tool for improvement”. Sue Bott from Disability Rights UK said: "I feel completely frustrated by ... is clear it is almost entirely about older people and how much they should pay. How else do you explain the list of ...
DWP pilot making managed payments to social landlords at same time as tenant receives their UC payment
19 December 2019 | News
... landlords that changes to the Universal Credit (UC) rental payment system will be rolled out next year. In a letter ... a small group of Social Landlords to align the way that we pay Managed Payments to Landlords with a claimant's ... welcome, it should be extended to private sector landlords. However, UC itself needs wider reform in order to make any ...