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We want disabled peoples' experience of the criminal justice system
21 January 2019 | News
Disability Rights UK, in partnership with a leading research ... defendant, appellant or claimant) and have a physical or mental health impairment that impacted your experience. Have ...
DR UK responds to Govt announcement about the PIP u-turn
20 March 2016 | News
... for disabled people , Liz Sayce, chief executive of Disability Rights UK said: "Scrapping any changes which make ... £4 billion in savings that the chancellor has identified does not come from disabled people. It's time now to have a wider conversation about how to support disabled people to have the same ...
Benefits must rise by inflation, says DR UK
04 October 2022 | News
... rate for next year.” There is legal protection for disability benefits such as disability living allowance, ... Triple Lock ” protecting the state retirement pension. However, she has repeatedly refused to give the same ... July this year shows that those on disability benefits have much higher rates of relative income poverty than ...
How Amy reduced her sister's Council Tax
18 July 2013 | News
Amy Woolfson has written a blog for Disability Rights UK which shows what you can achieve if you are persistent Amy managed ... property banding and applying for a reduced bill under the disability reduction scheme. To view the blog go to ...
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 ...
Errol Graham case heard by High Court
20 January 2021 | News
The High Court has heard how Errol Graham, who starved to death in 2018, was left at ... says that equality legislation was breached because his mental state was not considered as a factor when he missed a ... applications presenting "a significant risk to their health". He continued: "It is a momentous decision which ...
DR UK comments on the Spring Statement
12 March 2018 | News
Sue Bott, deputy chief executive of Disability Rights UK said: “Despite the positive outlook ... “Once again the opportunity to pick up the challenges in health and social care services, which are seriously ... will hit disabled people hardest – we need a system which doesn’t drive more disabled people into poverty.” Spring ...
Government faces third legal challenge to Universal Credit migration arrangements
07 August 2019 | News
... arrangements for those who previously received the Severe Disability Premium (SDP) and Enhanced Disability Premium ... UC will be set at £120 for single claimants. That amount does not reflect what those individuals have actually lost ... receive the full £180 a month top up to their benefits. However, due to the new Regulations coming into force this ...
School and disabled childs behavioural problems
02 October 2014 | News
... say Institute of Education, University of London Much more could be done to help children with physical and ... emotional problems and getting on with other children. However, disabled children might have fewer behavioural ... non-disabled children with infants who had: a developmental delay at age 9 months (in relation to hand-eye ...
Capita takes legal action to stop compensation payment ordered after PIP claimant's tragic death
06 August 2019 | News
Capita, who conduct health assessments for PIP on behalf of the DWP, is going to ... Victoria Smith died months after her personal independence payments were stopped following a Capita assessment. Capita ... ordered to pay £10,000 in damages over its handling of her disability claim. It was found to have made incorrect ...