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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 ...
PPE telephone survey with personal assistant employers
12 July 2020 | News
... Group which has been working with the Department of Health and Social Care’s PPE future demand strategy team ... is leading work to make sure it understands when, where and how much Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is used in ...
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 ...
A better future for disabled people
19 April 2015 | News
... People The manifesto promises to; Toughen up the law on disability hate crime Reform the Work Capability Assessment ... children and those with special educational needs Give mental health the same priority as physical health on the NHS, ...
DBC open letter to Government on ESA cut
25 January 2016 | News
... disabled people receiving this benefit. The Government has however suggested that sick and disabled people who get this ... Almost 7 in 10 (69%) say cuts to ESA will cause their health to suffer More than a quarter (28%) say they ... Society 9. Mark Winstanley, Chief Executive of Rethink Mental Illness 10. Paul Farmer CBE, Chief Executive of Mind ...
Government report to UN on our rights 'clutching at straws'
11 September 2018 | News
... (CRPD). Its conclusions were very critical , so much so that the UK government were asked to respond to some ... Their report has now been published Kamran Mallick, CEO of Disability Rights UK, said: “This report is clutching at ... the CRPD principle of supported decision making through the Mental Capacity Act 2005. The trouble with this is the ...
Bedroom tax judgments both a significant victory and disappointing defeat
08 November 2016 | News
... the housing benefit cap scheme as he did was reasonable. However, some people with disabilities have a transparent ... on the judgments, Ken Butler, Welfare Rights Officer at Disability Rights UK said: "Mr and Mrs Rutherford’s and ... as they did before today’s judgment and that the judgment does not require any LA to re -assess the HB of existing ...
More than money: The lifelong wellbeing impact of disability benefits
28 January 2025 | News
... urges the Government to prioritise improving access to disability benefits for those whose quality of life depends ... It concludes that failure to do so could exacerbate public health issues and have severe economic consequences. ... increase in income would translate into a wellbeing gain. However, when thinking about disability benefits, a relevant ...
Social welfare advice good business model
21 July 2014 | News
... expensive crisis and emergency services. The review shows that legal advice across different categories of law ... the risk of unmanageable debt and prevent the onset of mental health problems. the cost of unresolved social welfare ...
United call for benefits to increase by 6% from April 2022 due to cost of living crisis
09 February 2022 | News
The Disability Benefits Consortium, of which DR UK is a member, ... affected by the benefit cap, must feel the impact. “Much more is needed for levels of support to reflect what ... Chief Executive, British Psychological Society Joseph Howes, CEO, Buttle UK Leigh Elliott, CEO, Children North ...