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PIP review terms of reference published
20 May 2014 | News
The first independent review of the Personal Independence Payment ... will present his report to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions before the end of 2014. From around mid June to early September, Paul Gray will gather evidence to inform ...
Obituary: Wycliffe Noble
27 April 2017 | News
... was an architect who championed accessible building design. Buildings he has made accessible for disabled people include Park House, Sandringham, Somerset House, the Royal Albert Hall and the ... Army group, the Joystrings, which charted twice in the early 60’s. To find out more and view tributes go to ...
Is Universal Credit working for disabled people?
03 July 2018 | News
Work and Pensions Committee looks at how UC is working for disabled people. Find out more View video of ... Citizens Advice Daniel Norris, Welfare Rights Adviser, Early Warning System, Child Poverty Action Group Sam ...
Government Consultation on Measures to Reduce Health Related Job Loss
28 August 2019 | News
The Government has published Health is everyone’s business , a public consultation seeking views on different ways in which government and employers can take action to reduce ill health-related ... absence lasting at least four weeks. Offering flexibility, early support and occupational health advice are the key to ...
Progress on enforced hospitalisations ‘too slow’
07 April 2022 | News
... made by its 2020 Out of sight – who cares? restraint, segregation, and seclusion review. The latest report finds that there are ... people with a learning disability in hospital, this has nearly halved since March 2015. However, the number of ...
New To Nature work placements for young disabled people
15 October 2022 | News
... the National Lottery Heritage Fund announced a £2million investment to create 70 paid placements for young people ... 18-25 given new, full-time, temporary jobs in nature and landscape organisations across the UK, increasing diversity ...
Disabled people take complaints about UK Government’s rights record to the United Nations
20 August 2017 | News
Deaf and Disability organisations from across the United Kingdom will today (21 August) highlight the Government’s ongoing human rights violations and evasive behaviour towards a major United Nations ...
Social care may face 21% cuts, warns Labour
13 May 2020 | News
The Labour Party is warning that councils may have to brace themselves for cuts of ... James Jamieson has estimated councils will need nearly £13bn to tackle the crisis this year. The news comes ... Birmingham, Solihull, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Sunderland, Derbyshire and Coventry, all implemented easements to ...
Motorway service stations can now apply for funding to become fully accessible
10 April 2019 | News
The Department for Transport is partnering with Muscular Dystrophy UK (MDUK) to award the money for ... Places toilets, which are expected to be ready by the early 2020s. Read press release More than a quarter of a million people across the UK cannot use standard accessible toilets, meaning that they are forced to ...
DWP pilot making managed payments to social landlords at same time as tenant receives their UC payment
19 December 2019 | News
The DWP’s Change Director General, Neil Couling, has indicated to social landlords that changes to the Universal Credit (UC) rental ... approach out to all Social Landlords on the Landlord Portal early in 2020.” DRUK’s Welfare Rights and Policy Adviser ...