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Disabled man wins bedroom tax appeal
30 January 2014 | News
A disabled man and his wife have won an appeal against the bedroom tax on human rights grounds. The couple ... take two earlier decisions in Fife to the upper tribunal . Nearly Legal have a regularly updated page of bedroom tax ...
Disabled parents often seen as risk to their children rather than given support warns report
25 September 2018 | News
Upholding the independence of disabled parents: Re-imagining ... Services in co-production with disabled parents and professionals. Disability Rights UK DRILL funded report ... from disabled parents, including those with mental health problems. It shows that health and social care professionals ...
MPs debate WCA: Govt says no change
05 February 2015 | News
Yesterday there was a debate following a recent report by the Work and Pensions Committee, on the operation of employment and ... the DWP and Maximus will use this new start to address the problems our report identified. However, it is important to ...
DPCG reach out to new Government with offer of collaboration to end disability poverty
16 July 2024 | News
... Disability Poverty Campaign Group, a coalition led by DR UK and Inclusion London and supported by DPOs, disability Charities and allies, have ...
Disabled survivor of Grenfell Tower speaks out
15 July 2021 | News
... Party Parliamentary Group on Disability has heard the harrowing and powerful testimony of a Disabled woman, Shakila 'Flora' ... carrying her down 23 smoke-filled floors. Shakila’s husband died in the fire, staying to protect other Disabled ...
Chancellor Announces Back To Work Plan for Disabled People Backed By Tougher Sanctions
17 November 2023 | News
Forming part of his Autumn Statement, the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt ... conditions, or “long-term unemployment” to look for and stay in work. The Government is to boost four key ... health and lifelong disability to suffer worsening health issues. The benefits system is the fault here, not the ...
DWP secretary refuses PIP regulations debate
15 March 2017 | News
Damian Green, the Work and Pensions Secretary, has refused to allow MPs to vote on the changes to PIP, which come into effect today. Green is reported as saying that to do so ... has to be debated and voted on. Tim Farron tabled early day motion EDM 985 which said: “That an humble ...
Covid highlights social security system is “simply unfit for purpose”
26 January 2022 | News
New research warns that the soaring price of food and rent, along with energy bills, is ... gathering) will strengthen our understanding of the problems, and also lead us to solutions grounded in the ...
NICE withdraws landmark ME/CFS guidance
17 August 2021 | News
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has withdrawn long-awaited landmark guidance on ME at the last minute after it came ...
DWP must ensure social security system supports the right to an adequate standard of living: new EHRC report
29 October 2020 | News
Hard-won equality and human rights are at risk of going backwards with clear and long-lasting damage to society and the economy as a ...