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Government fails to commit to Household Support fund
04 March 2024 | News
... goes to councils across the country to provide special payments to help families during the cost-of-living crisis, ... cause ‘serious risk’ to your own or your family’s health or safety. Some councils might specify that you be in receipt of certain benefits to apply. However, according to sources, the HSF will finish at the ...
Disabled people paying vastly more for care in past two years
25 August 2021 | News
Disabled people are being told by councils to pay vastly more for care, according to research from the ... cuts. The BBC spoke to Saskia Granville who has a learning disability and lives in West Sussex. Her care charges have ... that Disabled people with the least resources have to somehow magic up vast sums of money to pay for these punitive ...
National Campaign Launched Aiming For Step Change In Disability Justice
12 September 2024 | News
... unable to afford to eat or heat their home. Social security doesn’t cover the hidden or additional costs of disability – things like electricity to run vital ... heat their homes and power essential equipment needed for health and mobility. It will drive an increase in ...
Summer Budget 2015
07 July 2015 | News
... Allowance, will be frozen for 4 years from 2016-17 (this doesn’t include Disability Living Allowance, Personal Independence Payment, Employment and Support Allowance support group ...
Disability Poverty Campaign Group Urge The Government To Extend Household Support Fund
22 March 2024 | News
Today, Friday 22nd March, the Disability Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG) of which DR UK ... further into the abyss of poverty as other cost of living payments begin to end. This comes as we hear the news that ... people on the brink of destitution is not the answer. It does seem all help to lift Disabled people out of poverty ...
DWP must ensure social security system supports the right to an adequate standard of living: new EHRC report
29 October 2020 | News
... the right to an adequate standard of living and it does not contribute to increasing material deprivation and ... steps including: a review of the five-week wait for first payments of universal credit; a review of the impact of ... who share protected characteristics. The EHRC report - How coronavirus has affected equality and human rights - ...
Disabled students to lose entitlement to Universal Credit from this week
14 December 2021 | News
Disability Rights UK has written to the Secretary of State ... young people who acquire a disability or develop a serious health condition after they begin their studies will also be ... intention that more Disabled people move into employment. However, restricting the ability of Disabled students to ...
We welcome the extension of the Blue Badge Scheme to those with hidden disabilities
06 January 2019 | News
People with "hidden disabilities" including autism and mental health problems are set for a major boost when they are ... be eligible to apply. Kamran Mallick, chief executive of Disability Rights UK, said: "If we are to truly have an ...
Counting down to the arrival of our new Disability Rights Handbook
24 April 2017 | News
Our latest Disability Rights Handbook is scheduled to be published late ... system and information on other services and resources. How the system works, how to claim and how to challenge decisions Benefits for people living with health conditions, injury or disability and for carers, ...
Leadership Academy Programme Year 2 Graduation
01 June 2016 | News
... designed for employees who have lived experience of disability and/or long term health conditions, who want to develop their careers. In ... we talked about all aspects of her work. It made me realise how rare it is, for those of us with disabilities to talk ...