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DWP spent £50,000 trying to stop release of review into Disabled man’s death
03 January 2025 | News
... allowance (ESA) was withdrawn. He was suffering severe mental health problems and weighed four-and-a-half stone (30kg) ... “ John Pring of the Disability News Service (DNS) has shown how the DWP spent more than a decade covering up ...
Care and Support Alliance on new care criteria
23 October 2014 | News
... the highest needs. But the Government now confirms that it doesn’t plan to reverse the trend. Research by London School of Economics shows this means 340,000 people – who struggle to live on ... in the current care system and that care – along with health – is the place they’d most like to see greater ...
International Day of Disabled people – Fighting for our rights in a post Covid world
02 December 2021 | News
... me today I see Disabled people in the UK achieving so much, leading by example and living their best lives. Yet, ... as presenters. I realised that this increase was changing how I felt about TV – I was enjoying seeing people like ... when drawing up Covid measures). A sobering moment for the disability movement. It is clear that we must be ready to ...
Meet Our Star Marathon Fundraiser, Aasia!
11 October 2024 | News
... I felt ready. I believe Disability Rights UK are fundamental in enabling access to justice and I’m just grateful ... helping people fight for their rights, and I’ve seen how hard that fight can be. But it’s also close to home. ... my family and my colleagues struggle against a system that doesn’t always make life easy for Disabled people. On top ...
Disabled adults four times worse off financially than non-disabled adults finds new DBC report
15 July 2019 | News
A major new report by the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) outlines the damaging ... have found it has had a devastating impact on their wider health and wellbeing. The DBC makes a series of ... members to reduce waiting times and introduce targets for how long people should wait, and conduct full audits of ...
DWP: Deaths, cover-up, and a toxic 30-year legacy
06 April 2022 | News
Evidence stretching back more than a decade shows how the DWP repeatedly ignored recommendations to ... to make reasonable adjustments for UC claimants with mental health problems DWP accused of blocking claimant suicide ...
Disability charities urge the Government to get a grip on PIP in new report
18 September 2017 | News
New research shows the stressful assessment process for Personal ... Payment (PIP) is making people's conditions worse. The Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC), has launched the ... evidence gathering processes, to explore ways to: educate health and social care professionals on how to provide ...
DWP loses more employment tribunals than any other employer
08 March 2020 | News
The DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other employer in Britain ... on disabled people. Trust comes from what an organisation does not what it says. That the DWP itself is “shocked” ... by the level of disability discrimination it has allowed shows it has lost a grip on how it serves disabled people. It ...
Disability strategy ruled unlawful, DWP denied permission to appeal
09 February 2022 | News
... permission to appeal against a court ruling that the entire disability strategy is unlawful, not just the national ... be at the heart of the strategy. It is frustrating given how much lack of equity Disabled people have in society that, in ...
Challenging PIP Decisions With Disability Rights UK
31 January 2024 | 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 ...