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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 ...
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 ...
DH needs more understanding on improving personalised commissioning says NAO
02 March 2016 | News
... as they seek to save money, and are constrained in how they can personalise care by the need to reduce overall ... control over their care through personal budgets and direct payments can improve their quality of life, but much of the positive evidence for personalised commissioning ...
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 ...
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 ...
CQC criticises standard of care homes
13 October 2014 | News
The Chief Inspector of social care says there is too much bad care in care homes We believe it is vital that ... you what you should expect to receive if you develop a disability or health condition in social care, health, transport and more. ...
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 ...
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 ...
MS Society campaigns to scrap the PIP 20 metre rule
15 April 2019 | News
... their independence as a result. #ScrapPIP20m New research shows this is predicted to cost the UK Government £92 ... This is your chance to tell them the 20 metre rule simply doesn’t make sense – for the UK Government or people ... Rudd MP, to tell her now is the time to scrap the rule. Disability Rights UK supports this campaign. For many years ...
DWP refuses to publish report that found Disabled claimants had “unmet needs”
06 December 2021 | News
... was watered down after it concluded that claimants of disability benefits had “unmet needs”, according to the ... that it would be published. The report, “The Uses of Health and Disability Benefits”, was commissioned to feed ... largest independent social research agency. After being shown the first draft of the report, DWP told NatCen to ...