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Universal Credit £20 week increase must be extended to ESA, DBC tells Chancellor
02 June 2020 | News
... take too long to make changes. The most recent DWP figures show that 1,976,000 disabled people claim ESA . The ... 60 days people living with a disability or with long-term health conditions on ESA – who tend to have lower incomes ... "To blame an IT problem for not awarding disabled people a much needed increase in benefit is discriminatory and ...
Over three quarters of a million Disabled people left out of shielding help
21 April 2021 | News
... to living essentials like food, and an untold toll on the mental health and wellbeing of the already most vulnerable.” The ... report, which should form part of an urgent Inquiry into how the pandemic was handled. We continue to push for this ...
Government issues ‘phase two’ Coronavirus guidance
10 May 2020 | News
The Government has issued new guidance on how it is responding to Coronavirus, including social and ... makes no specific reference to disabled people, but does make reference to ‘clinically vulnerable’ and ... (including children in need, those with an Education, Health and Care plan and those assessed as otherwise ...
New UK Poverty report recommends the £20 per week increase to Universal Credit must be made permanent with the lifeline extended to ESA
12 January 2021 | News
... The new annual report highlights early indications of how poverty has changed in our society since the start of ... outbreak. JRF finds of all people in poverty either have a disability themselves or live with someone who does, compared with just a third of people in households not ...
Wiltshire CIL wins GSK IMPACT Award
09 March 2014 | News
... five per cent of its trustees are people living with a disability. The charity supports independent living for those with learning difficulties, frailty of old age, mental health issues, physical and sensory impairments and ...
Minister outlines recent changes to Statutory Sick Pay entitlement rules
12 January 2021 | News
... has outlined recent changes made to statutory sick pay (SSP) entitlement rules. Mr Tomlinson said: ... because they have been notified by the NHS or public health authority that they have come into contact with ... because they have been advised to do so by their doctor or health clinician before being admitted to hospital for ...
MPs say Govt must focus work support on people with complex needs
20 October 2015 | News
... of employment support with related local services - health, housing, education and skills, and support for ... barriers to working, including significant physical or mental ill health; drug or alcohol dependency; housing ... four years. View our written submission to this enquiry Disability Rights UK's report ' Taking Control of Employment ...
Discretionary Housing Payment includes DLA
17 June 2013 | News
Irwin Mitchell challenge local authority's decision to take Disability Living Allowance into account when considering Discretionary Housing Payments Every local authority receives a government grant ... Housing Payments in March 2013 from their local authority. However, the local authority decided that in assessing Mr ...
Government rejects default sending of ESA and PIP medical reports
22 April 2018 | News
... loss of trust that risks undermining the operation of major disability benefits". Among the Committee’s ... all claimants alongside their initial entitlement decision. However, in rejecting this the Government says that: “In ... with material that they do not want.” But, the Government does give a positive response to another of the ...
New Secretary of State for Health and Social Care appointed
09 July 2018 | News
The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP is the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Read biography The Secretary of ... at least in line with prices Consistently voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Almost always voted for making local councils ...