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Funded help in Scotland to access disability benefits
30 September 2015 | News
... both PIP and ESA, which are benefits for people with ill-health or disabilities, assessments are carried out by firms ... by the Department for Work and Pensions, to establish how their disability affects their life and what level of support they ...
300k unpaid carers and 450k Disabled people to suffer UC cut
05 October 2021 | News
... people can simply work more hours to make up for their cut doesn’t stack up for those already working full time or with caring responsibilities.” Read more on how the cut will affect carers here . Both Labour and the ...
One year on budget cuts make Care Act “less effective”
31 March 2016 | News
A year after it was introduced, Disability Rights UKs legal partners, Irwin Mitchell ... where eligibility could vary from council to council. However, Irwin Mitchell say that it is still unclear whether ... the courts which examines the extent of this duty, or how much reliance can be placed upon it in obtaining better and ...
Jobcentre Plus payments and opening times
19 December 2017 | News
... View opening times To make sure customers receive their payments on a day when Jobcentre Plus offices are open, arrangements have been made to make some payments early . Jobcentre Plus payments and opening times ...
Write to your MP - ask them to sign the EDM on disability benefits assessments
06 April 2022 | News
... MP has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) calling for fundamental reform of WCA and PIP assessment in the forthcoming ... to a particular issue, event or campaign. Other MPs may show their support for an EDM by adding their own signature ... commitment to working with disabled people, people with health conditions, and Deaf and Disabled people’s ...
We host Disability Hate Crime event in Birmingham
21 March 2013 | News
Today Disability Rights UK is hosting a Disability Hate Crime ... party reporting centres in DPOS . Our toolkit makes it much easier and safer for disabled people to report hate ... The event coincides with a new report which considers how the police, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and ...
“I always wondered why someone didn’t do something about that… then I realised I was someone…”
03 July 2024 | News
... a place where I now get to watch my own children grow up. However, my 11-year-old son is a full-time powered ... our lovely park so Disabled people and those with complex health conditions have access to safe toileting facilities, ... Despite our campaigning successes, there is still so much to do, and still so many more people to educate. It's ...
Budget 2024 Results In A Net Welfare Cut Of £3.9 Billion In 2029/2030
31 October 2024 | News
An analysis of the Chancellor’s Budget 2024, shows that benefit cuts vastly outweigh the benefit ... welfare cut of £3.9 billion in 2029/2030. The Foundation does detail some benefit ‘giveaways’: £1 billion in ... for the Household Support Fund and Discretionary Housing Payments. The 12-month extension of the Household Support ...
Claimant deaths still linked to systemic flaws in benefits system, DWP document shows
27 January 2023 | News
... for Work and Pensions (DWP), an official document has shown. The DWP document, released to Disability News Service (DNS) following a freedom of ... and cold”, “genuinely can’t survive like this for much longer”, was “in so much debt”, “literally ...
MPs say carers worse off if they work additional hours
16 May 2018 | News
... This means, that under the current benefit system, work does not pay if carers want to work additional hours. The Committee ... for more detailed information you can order a copy of the Disability Rights Handbook from our shop MPs say carers ...