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Home ownership option for disabled people
19 November 2013 | News
A new policy briefing from Advance is calling for the Homes and Communities ... and the policy briefing, comes as the Government begins the early stages of developing funding plans for housing for ...
DWP’s PIP assessment “torture” helped cause my son’s suicide, says disabled Mum
05 July 2021 | News
... just weeks after the DWP slashed his benefits, despite being warned he was severely depressed, malnourished, could not face leaving his flat, and had made several suicide attempts, the Disability News ... if the department finally accepted that there were systemic problems with the disability benefits assessment system; if ...
PIP 20m legal challenge fails
15 October 2015 | News
... was fair The Court of Appeal have rejected the appeal in Sumpter vs Secretary of State for Work and Pensions . This was an appeal against last year’s High ... had been conducted fairly, if not exactly flawlessly and upheld the earlier High Court decision. “The reality ...
Government Calls for Evidence to Address Accessibility on Buses
14 June 2023 | News
... key regulations to improve bus accessibility. They are calling for evidence in an attempt to address the gaps in understanding by gathering information on the current effectiveness and potential evolution of the Public Service Vehicles ...
After Years of Campaigning, Government Acts to Improve Fire Safety for Disabled Residents
03 September 2024 | News
Back in 2019 the Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommended that Personal ... fire safety experts argued that existing fire safety laws and the Equality Act already required such action to be ... It has taken 7 years since the Grenfell Tower fire and almost 5 years since the Inquiry recommendations for the ...
HSE vacancy
29 November 2022 | News
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) – Non-Executive Director The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is recruiting an Employer Non-Executive Director (NED) for the ... policy and advising Government on health and safety issues. HSE is a well-respected, world-class regulator ...
Preventing Illegal Working
07 October 2022 | Resource
... factsheet covers your responsibility to prevent illegal working of your personal care workers. Contents Overview A ... not to employ anyone who does not have right to live and work in the UK. Failure in doing so has civil and ... benefits, equipment/aids and discrimination related issues. This resource is a basic overview. All our guidance ...
Renters Reform Bill finally published
17 May 2023 | News
After years of campaigning by organisations like Acorn and London Renters Union, ... new regulations which tackle the ongoing affordability issues across all tenures." Renters Reform Bill finally ...
Social Care green paper delayed yet again
19 December 2018 | News
Social care: forthcoming Green Paper (England) The publication of the Social Care ... for all – for those born or developing a care need early in life and for those entering old age who do not know ...
Valuable 500 committed to mandatory workforce reporting
26 January 2023 | News
Caroline Casey, founder of the Valuable 500, spoke on the ... valuable 500 have committed to reporting data on disability and have released new research on the topic. The Valuable 500 is a global collective of 500 CEOs and their companies, who work together to improve disability ...