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OECD: Reducing inequality boosts economic growth
10 December 2014 | News
... policies which increase inequality can have a detrimental effect on a country’s economic growth. According to ... disability, though it has a useful publications list which does. However, the principle of reducing inequality as a means to ...
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 ...
Personal Budgets: The right social care support
15 April 2025 | Resource
... What is a Personal Budget? Getting a Personal Budget How a personal budget can change your life Receiving and ... you are empowered to live the life you choose by seeing how much money is available to buy the care you need. Personal ... appointed by the Court of Protection as a Deputy under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Usually the “Suitable Person” ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...