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DWP launches call for evidence for fit note reform to combat supposed “sick note culture”
20 May 2024 | News
In a new call for evidence, the DWP has set out proposals ... with long term health conditions to access timely work and health support: “We are gathering evidence to assess ... long NHS waiting lists for healthcare – there are now nearly two million people waiting for to get mental health ...
Leaders call on Prime Minister to create socially just Coronavirus recovery plan
17 June 2020 | News
Disability Rights UK has joined with leaders of more than 100 household name companies, charities, universities, and trade associations to call on Government to ensure that ... a socially just and green recovery in the UK and abroad’. Early evidence from the Business and Sustainable Development ...
Benefit sanctions harming claimants, lawyers warn
21 July 2022 | News
As benefit sanctions exceed pre-COVID highs, interviews carried out by the Public Law Project (PLP) with benefit claimants, advisers, and support workers reveal that people who try to question their sanctions face a complex, punitive and unaccountable system. Sanctions can be applied to ...
Full migration of UC by March 2023 a viable plan
10 July 2018 | News
... - Monday 9 July 2018 Gareth Snell MP asked Neil Couling, Director General Universal Credit: Are you still ... Peter Schofield, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions: It is a challenging and viable plan. The ... true around housing—Newcastle will tell you this—in the early days. Claimants did not respond as we had anticipated. ...
UC roll out: what went wrong
10 September 2013 | News
... as the world's biggest agile software project, has run into cost overruns and delays. Last weeks National Audit Office (NAO) report ... has had to write off at least £34m on the programme and delay the national launch of Universal Credit. The NAO ...
Work has never worked for Disabled people so why are we trying to go back to how things were? By Mikey Erhardt
17 November 2023 | News
We have been re-publishing some of our older blog posts onto this new website. Enjoy the thoughts and reviews of our DR UK team and contributors! If you have ... mandated office work has on Disabled people’ A UK poll early in the pandemic found only 6% of respondents ...
More than money: The lifelong wellbeing impact of disability benefits
28 January 2025 | News
A new research report by Z2K and Pro Bono Economics urges the Government to prioritise improving access to disability benefits for those whose quality of ... that failure to do so could exacerbate public health issues and have severe economic consequences. Disability ...
Mark Harper new Minister for Disabled People
15 July 2014 | News
We have a new Minister for Disabled People – Mark Harper. Mark was shadow ... Minister for disabled people before the 2010 election and we worked with him closely, which was a good experience. ... to scrap archaic laws debarring people with mental health problems from being MPs (if sectioned), company directors, ...
Contribute to Westminster Hall Debate on the Work Capability Assessment
11 April 2019 | News
Laura Pidcock MP has secured a Westminster Hall Debate on the Work Capability Assessment ... assessment in relation to employment support allowance and universal credit". The debate is scheduled for Wednesday ... short. Laura would be very pleased to hear from advisers and claimants about their experiences of the WCA, what are ...
Strategic partner updates 15 January 2016
14 January 2016 | News
Health and Social Care update from our work as Strategic Partner to the Department of Health, NHS England and Public Health England Disability Rights UK heads up a user-led consortium as one of 22 strategic partners in the voluntary sector. Our name is ‘Win-Win Alliance – ...