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  • Challenging PIP decisions with Disability Rights UK and CPAG

    04 July 2023 | 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 ...

    Online Benefits training

  • 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 ...

    News

  • 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 ...

    News

  • 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 ...

    News

  • Mencap wins carer sleep-in back pay appeal

    12 July 2018 | News

    ... rules that Mencap and other care providers do not have to pay minimum wage, including backdated pay, to overnight care ... sleeping overnight, who provide safety and reassurance.   Disability Rights UK raised concerns that this ruling might ... for more detailed information you can order a copy of the Disability Rights Handbook from our shop Mencap wins carer ...

    News

  • 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 ...

    News

  • 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 ...

    News

  • 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 ...

    News

  • Energy firms stop forced installation of pre-payment meters

    10 February 2023 | News

    ... and campaigns officer at DR UK and one of the leads at the Disability Poverty Campaign Group, which  has been instrumental in calling for a ban, said “At last. For months now ... installations may have ended, but we must now look at how we respond and what further actions we call for to ...

    News

  • DR UK says ESA cut will not be offset by other measures

    07 March 2016 | News

    ... evidence from hundreds of thousands of disabled people showed, it will do nothing to incentivise employment – ... personalised support for people living with disability and health conditions, and tailored advice for employers when ... cuts. But this cut is drastic and without justification. It doesn’t even make sense from the point of view of ...

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