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DR UK submits evidence to review of carers allowance
13 March 2025 | News
Last year, Government announced a review to look at why and how unpaid carers, in receipt of carers allowance, were hit with demands to pay back thousands of pounds in overpayments to DWP. ... its findings and recommendations to ministers, this summer. Disability Rights UK was invited to attend a roundtable ...
Free 1 year subscription offer to Able Magazine
19 August 2024 | News
... of Able Magazine picks up a Paralympics inspired theme of how making small changes can have a big impact on results - ... living well with disability, from quick tips for better mental health, to how well-chosen adaptations and equipment can ...
Report on effectiveness of benefit sanctions blocked by DWP
30 January 2022 | News
... the “public interest” to keep the findings under wraps. However, the DWP has rejected a Freedom of Information ... to release a copy of the report. Mr Webster said: “It doesn’t look good when the DWP launches a new sanctions ... sector. After that point, part of their universal credit payment will be withdrawn, or “sanctioned”, if they are ...
Why You Need a Digital Learning Community
04 April 2022 | News
... You can have a community up and running within the hour. However, it does face some notable issues such as a restrictive platform ... features group interactions as a key strategy, whereas much digital learning has tended to be driven by individual ...
GYA in Motability Lifestyle and a #penguinproposal
03 May 2018 | News
... including our own one that can help you find information on how to get active. Also we and our sister campaign Get Out ... has made no reference to improving physical activity or mental health, after all as Disability Rights UK Ambassador Dame ...
Benefits fraud less than one per cent
14 May 2014 | News
... Committee report Fraud and error in the benefits system shows that official data shows that there is nearly twice as much error as fraud in the benefits system. The official ... report recommends: DWP and HMRC should explore, with the Payments Council and the banking sector, the feasibility of ...
Care Quality Commission latest news updates
26 November 2018 | News
... that represent people who use services. Community Mental Health Survey Care Quality Commission's (CQC) new survey ... CQC published Equally Outstanding , a resource which shows how a focus on equality and human rights can improve ...
DUP sign Confidence and Supply Agreement with Government
25 June 2017 | News
... change to the following: Pensions Triple Lock Winter Fuel Payment The Government has also agreed to extend the ... per year for two years to address immediate pressures in health and education £100 million per year for two years to ... transformation £10 million per year for five years towards mental health support There are also commitments regarding: ...
Hundreds of thousands “will plunge into poverty” as Minister rejects UK-wide call to keep Universal Credit uplift
31 August 2021 | News
... £33 billion Plan for Jobs.” Government statistics show that there were six million people receiving Universal ... out of work benefits, such as ESA are facing considerable mental health and physical challenges as the pandemic has left them ...
DWP chooses not to appeal past present test case for refugees
12 September 2016 | News
... in the UK for 104 weeks before having entitlement to Disability Living Allowance (DLA) are unlawful indirect ... has no longer been possible for adults to make a DLA claim. However, as the past presence rules for DLA are identical to ... Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 or section 115 of that Act does not apply to him for the purposes of entitlement to ...