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Challenging PIP Decisions With Disability Rights UK
31 January 2024 | Event
... as universal credit back in 2013 and PIP is now the main disability benefit for working age claimants. The DWP’s ... poor refusal decisions. This training course looks at how to ensure that a PIP revision or appeal should work to ... to PIP decision making The failure of PIP2 and poor Health Professional assessments How to ensure good medical ...
Update on the Labour Market Status of Disabled People
20 May 2020 | News
... the graphs to open larger versions. The first graph below shows the overall change in disabled people’s employment ... gap in employment rates between disabled men and women is much smaller than between non-disabled men and women. Over ... is particularly likely to be the case for a newly acquired disability, and if they have to take extensive time away ...
Disabled athletes forced to quit by benefit reform
21 April 2014 | News
... to go to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, Scottish Disability Sport (SDS) said athletes who had been through ... five disabled sports, are not thought to be affected. However, sources claim welfare reforms are hitting potential ... 1870s. Work is more complicated. Having sporting ability doesn't mean you can hold down a full-time job or complete ...
Government rejection of £20 per week increase to ESA is unacceptable says DR UK
03 August 2020 | News
... in receipt of Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit”. However, some two months later, Dr Coffey has responded to ... are special arrangements for those in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium, who will be able to make a new claim to ... and since lockdown access to advice agencies has become much more difficult. Both the DWP and HMRC should have a ...
Philippa Day’s family wins ‘substantial’ compensation over benefits death
02 November 2021 | News
... to the family of Philippa Day who died by suicide after her disability benefits were taken away from her. The inquest ... of Work and Pensions and Capita which led to failures in how her claim was handled. Philippa’s family ... by Capita, on behalf of the DWP, directly impacted her mental state and in the end is the reason for her death. ...
DR UK Stands in Solidarity with Disabled Palestinians
13 November 2023 | News
... these times. The disruptions to infrastructure, access to healthcare and basic services exacerbate existing barriers ... attention and action. We also recognise history shows the impact a legacy of armed conflict has on the global ... and accommodating to their needs. 3. Support for Mental Health: Recognising the severe psychological impact ...
Govt responds to MP review of benefit sanctions policy
22 October 2015 | News
... of hardship payments to the homeless and those with a mental health condition, which was part of the recommendations we ... for their benefits. Last week’s labour market statistics showed the UK’s employment rate had reached 73.6%, the ...
Current employment programmes fail disabled people
10 July 2013 | News
... Choice has slightly better results but a recent evaluation shows it is not serving people with the most complex needs - ... For instance, in 8 months it only helped 80 people with mental health problems get jobs in the whole country. One NHS Trust ...
DWP may have unlawfully deprived benefit arrears from tens of thousands of PIP claimants
27 June 2021 | News
... a huge “LEAP review” of 1.6 million PIP claims to see how many had been wrongly assessed and were now entitled to ... to LEAP decisions. Currently, their sample of challenges does not include any that made it to appeal. In every case, ... of PIP claimants of back-payments’ available from disabilitynewsservice.com. DWP may have unlawfully deprived ...
Government’s proposals to fix the social care crisis is “too little, too late”
07 September 2021 | News
... the BBC , the Guardian , the Telegraph and the Times (some paywalls may apply). Read some background on social care at ...