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Universal credit: delivery causing unacceptable hardship
25 October 2018 | News
This Public Accounts Committee report finds that Universal Credit is causing unacceptable hardship and difficulties for many of the claimants it was designed ... Department’s culture of reporting good news and denying problems that emerge. In further reports in 2015 and 2016 ...
Two new mental health blogs
06 September 2016 | News
... Persons with Disabilities we have published these two blogs In Mental health disabilities and ‘will and preferences’ George Szmukler, Institute of ...
Committee grills IDS over universal credit failures
03 February 2014 | News
Yesterday Ian Duncan Smith, Work and Pensions Secretary, was questioned by the Work and Pensions Committee about setbacks in the implementation of the new Universal Credit. In an, at ... is that IDS hid failures in the IT system as well as problems with the UC timetable. Dame Anne Begg, who chairs ...
Debt worse under UC than other benefits
05 February 2019 | News
One in two people Citizens Advice helps with Universal Credit ... for payment Among the people the charity helps with debt and Universal Credit: Debt problems are more common for the people we help with ...
Did you know that if you are disabled you are half as likely to be active as a non-disabled person?
15 June 2017 | News
We’re getting more disabled people active by providing one to one ... (GOGA) Peer Support project which is all about disabled (and non-disabled) people taking part in fun, inclusive ... it boosts confidence, helps people to find new solutions to problems and reduces isolation. Read more about being a ...
Getting Advice
07 October 2022 | Resource
This resource gives brief information on ways you can get advice on benefits, social care and health related issues. Contents Face to face advice and case work Phone ...
Legal Challenge To DWP Over Winter Fuel Payment Cut
27 September 2024 | News
Govan Law Centre (GLC) has raised proceedings for judicial review in Scotland’s Supreme Court, the Court of Session in Edinburgh, on behalf of a couple in receipt of the state pension and a modest occupational pension. The petition has been ...
Online Benefits Training Courses
15 July 2020 | News
... know your UC from your PIP? Confused by the range of health and disability benefits? DR UK offers two essential online courses, each run in two parts and facilitated by an ... and a comprehensive training pack. Courses sell out fast so early booking is encouraged. Each course costs £125 + VAT ...
COVID had an outsized impact on Disabled people of colour
27 February 2023 | News
Initial findings from the National Commission on COVID-19, Disablism, and Systemic Racism , reported by Saba Salman at the Byline ... Disabled people, families, carers and social care staff. Early findings are based on surveys and submissions from ...
DR UK Response To Fit Note Reform Consultation
22 July 2024 | News
In a May 2024 call for evidence, lasting 12 weeks, the DWP ... with long term health conditions “to access timely work and health support”. Although the consultation has now ... lists for healthcare are another factor – there are now nearly two million people waiting for mental health support ...