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Disabled people exempt from transport face covering rules
16 June 2020 | News
... Difficulty/Respiratory Conditions affecting dexterity Mental Health condition or panic disorders Autism Cognitive ... take passengers without face coverings and that the CEOs of disability organisations had written to it with their ...
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 ...
Prezzo leaves Disabled man to eat in the rain
05 October 2021 | News
... SPECTRUM, tweeted Prezzo on Friday 1 October to ask how he could make a complaint. The tweet went viral. Having ... in torrential rain, he wrote: “Hey, @love_prezzo, how does one make a complaint about the lack of ramp access ...
Disability Rights UK's Response to Government UC and PIP Bill Vote and Concessions
02 July 2025 | News
... the second reading vote yesterday, Tuesday 1st July, Disability Rights UK publishes our response to the passing ... Payments for existing and new claimants will not go ahead. However, serious concerns remain relating to the ... Government’s intention to press ahead with cuts to the health top-up of Universal Credit for people newly disabled ...
Supporting disabled people through traineeships consultation
21 August 2018 | News
Disability Rights UK has the ambition of producing a short ... following: Candidates from a range of physical, sensory, mental health or long-term health conditions Flexibilities in the ...
Three questions to ask your parliamentary candidates
17 May 2017 | News
... - that is all of us living with an impairment or long-term health condition. Let’s make our votes count! Below we ... in compulsory detention and forced treatment of people with mental health issues or learning disabilities? Will you work ... lives? What are you going to do about the amount we have to pay in social care charges? Three questions to ask your ...
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 ...
New Care and Support Alliance survey reveals shocking picture of neglect in care system
09 May 2018 | News
... nearly 4,000 people who need care or look after someone who does reveals the damning reality of a care system that is ... to an open letter to Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, highlighting the urgent need for him ... care; the unnecessary pressure being placed on the NHS and how family and friends who step in to try to fill the gap ...
Government statement on Universal Credit: Managed Migration
22 July 2019 | News
... no more than 10,000 claimants. Rudd reiterated that the DWP does not inted to stop benefits of anyone who participates in the pilot, instead they will be testing how to encourage and support those who move over the ... their approach to claimants who are entitled to the severe disability premium (SDP), she said: "The regulations that I ...
Risk of major disability poverty rise
12 June 2013 | News
Risk of major disability poverty rise Today’s poverty figures from DWP ... us out of poverty. The Government must also ensure work pays by ensuring the numbers of disabled people helped to ... disabled member and not receiving disability benefits were much more likely to be in low-income households compared to ...