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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Charities make three Autumn Budget proposals to PM Theresa May
14 September 2017 | News
... destitution, forced to turn to food banks, suffer increased mental health problems, or find it harder to pay rents, as noted ... rising rapidly, while incomes are not. Projections by CPAG show social security payments rising by 3% between 2012 and ...
Pay sleep-in carers but not at the cost of reduced support
06 November 2017 | News
... new Social Care Compliance Scheme to help employers pay sleep-in carers. Read Department of Health, HM Revenue & Customs news story Social care ... of the self-review period will have up to three months to pay workers. HMRC will write to social care employers who ...
Council tax hardship payments judgment victory
29 May 2014 | News
... by councils which refuse to award discretionary hardship payments. For many years, the law has given local councils ... to reduce any resident's council tax liability to "nil". However, this power has been brought into sharper focus ... in receipt of means tested benefits now have a shortfall to pay. In his judgment, the President confirms that if a ...