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Our submission to the Work and Welfare Reform Bill scrutiny committee
22 October 2015 | News
... i.e. they have not been found fit for work. So why does the E.I.A. suggest that the removal of the Work Related ... qualify for the individual element. (iii) The changes will, however, ensure that any disabled or severely disabled child ... than other families and that it costs three times as much to raise a disabled child . 3.2.4 Clause 11 (and Clause ...
Profound lack of trust in the benefit health assessment system still a constant theme, say MPs
18 April 2023 | News
... spoke of the stress, anxiety and in some cases severe mental health impacts of the assessment process.” They ... when Internal Process Reviews are carried out, and how it has improved its collection of data on deaths and ... and sending claimants their reports. “All this will give much-needed transparency to a process that so few trust yet ...
Disabled People Are Not A Scapegoat For Governmental Failures
26 September 2024 | News
... the view that we should feel guilty for being physically or mentally unable to work. Not the best start from a party ... in their vitriol, comment pieces like last years “Exactly how much of your salary goes towards Britain’s growing welfare ...
Government ends disabled students Universal Credit entitlement without knowing how many affected
06 August 2017 | News
... their student finance with ESA to pay for their extra disability related costs and attend colleges and universities away from their home. However, this ability is denied to them under Universal Credit, as unlike ESA, as it does not automatically treat them as having a “limited ...
NAO says health and disability assessments costing more and still backlogs
07 January 2016 | News
The latest National Audit Office report on Contracted-out health and disability assessments raises questions on the ... ESA claims 23 weeks compared to 29 weeks. There is still, however, a backlog of at least 280,000 ESA assessments at ... training, during the contract tender process. The DWP does not yet have a clear strategy for contracting-out ...
Celebrating Disability History Month!
16 November 2023 | News
... Discrimination Act of 1995 – whilst many agree that it does not far enough to meet DAN’s demands, it was the ... form of social control over working class people, and just how workers have a trade union to fight back, Mad and ... audience, meaning teenagers, but proper themes and pretty much adult level language and content, so I recommend anyone ...
Strong Links Between Disability And Destitution: shocking new JRF research
25 October 2023 | News
... purchase these essentials for themselves. The new research shows that around 3.8 million people experienced destitution ... in deprivation “has deep and profound impacts on health, mental health and people’s prospects” and “also puts ... part in the range of social and cultural activities that much of society takes for granted.” The JRF report ...
Cutting Disabled People’s Benefit Has Nothing To Do With Fairness, Says DR UK
08 January 2024 | News
... as an aging population, a later retirement age, increasing mental health amongst younger people and changes to the ... [LCWRA] by 371,000 (13 per cent) by 2028/2029.” “However, the OBR also says that: “We expect the WCA reform ... will only cause significant harm or worse. Fairness doesn’t come into it. “The Prime Minister’s aim to ...
An agenda for equality and mental health
15 May 2016 | News
... Rights UK The blog raises and discusses two questions: How to keep a strong focus on equal life chances (social, economic and civic participation), not on mental health treatment alone. How we can break through centuries ...
Obesity and disability
22 December 2014 | News
... What this means With regard to point 1, simply being obese does not allow you to request reasonable adjustments in the ... to European discrimination law. Questions concerning how much someone has contributed to their disability are also ...