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DWP to stop ‘cold-calling’ Disabled people to make low benefit ‘offers’
14 July 2021 | News
... and settle the claim. Evidence gathered over many months showed that: Disabled benefits claimants who had appealed a ... amount of personal resilience and determination. Our client does not stand to gain any sort of pay-out here, she is doing this simply to make sure that ...
See how DR UK celebrates National Fitness Day
25 September 2018 | News
... Instead of writing about why you should get fit we’re showing the different ways that some of our staff at Disability Rights UK keep ourselves physically active. And ... got the pictures to prove it too! Read our blog See how DR UK celebrates National Fitness Day ...
Universal Credit will be cut by £20 per week from April 2021
27 September 2020 | News
... those claimants will be up to £1040 a year better off. However, an analysis of the Chancellor’s renewed package ... Those flowing onto Universal Credit will not only see much large hits to their incomes, but the Chancellor ... week limited capability for work addition has no longer payable to new claimants of ESA. By ringfencing the £20 ...
How Nordic Walking keeps Nina Bergonzi physically active
23 October 2018 | News
... Mulvey, Research and Engagement Officer at: kirsty.mulvey@disabilityrights.uk.org . How Nordic Walking keeps Nina Bergonzi physically active ...
Scrap Tories Proposed WCA Reforms: Open Letter From DR UK And Allies To New Work And Pensions Secretary
09 July 2024 | News
... 9 other ally organisations - including Z2K Mind, Rethink Mental Illness Sense , the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and ... or are comprised of Disabled people and people with serious health conditions; and anti-poverty organisations to ask for ... more likely to live in poverty, and recent research has shown that two thirds of people currently living in ...
Fuel Poverty Awareness Day
27 November 2024 | News
... increased risk of developing respiratory and cardiovascular health conditions, as well as poor mental health and unintentional injury. Over £3.7 billion ... Group said: “Last week the Government’s own estimates showed that cutting the winter fuel payment for pensioners ...
DBC open letter to Government on second chance to stop ESA cuts
16 November 2016 | News
... would be given to disabled people in the WRAG to find work, however the recent Green Paper offers little detail as to ... disabled people we surveyed say this cut would cause their health to suffer and just under half said they would ... Society Niamh Papworth Trust Parkinson’s UK Rethink Mental Illness Royal British Legion Royal College of ...
Those who ‘fail to attend’ telephone work capability assessments may now have their ESA stopped or UC entitlement changed
04 November 2020 | News
... fails to attend an ESA or Universal Credit telephone health assessment without “good reason”. In its 6 ... provided and accepted, support will continue.” If someone does not attend or participate fully in their work ... not having a limited capability for work unless they can show “good cause” for not attending or in the case of ...
Planning for the Better Care Fund
25 February 2015 | News
... for the Fund was deeply flawed. NHS England/Department of Health assumed the Fund would secure £1 billion in ... and save £532 million in 2015–16 but the Committee does not believe it is possible to reduce emergency ... and delayed discharges is significant. It is not yet clear how all local authorities will protect adult social care ...
No more avoidable deaths: hospitals must be safe places for disabled people
12 September 2018 | News
Today, on world sepsis day, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has published a case about an ... death from sepsis both demonstrate that the NHS needs to go much further in ensuring that staff have received disability equality and awareness training and that they ...