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Capita takes legal action to stop compensation payment ordered after PIP claimant's tragic death
06 August 2019 | News
... health assessments for PIP on behalf of the DWP, is going to court to try to reverse the "reputational damage" it ... Capita was ordered to pay £10,000 in damages over its handling of her disability claim. It was found to have made ... argue it never had a chance to defend the case because of problems in its own internal mail system. In court papers, ...
A Better Work Capability Assessment is Possible says Demos report
19 February 2018 | News
... View full report “This is not a report about the failings of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) – not because ... welfare-to-work providers, disability charity workers and disability activists The report focuses on three issues how the WCA decides if a claimant’s impairments are ...
Wheelchair users bus travel survey results
29 June 2016 | News
Helen Dolphin MBE created a survey designed to find out the opinions and views of wheelchair users using the bus. Here are the ... round the bend whereas others have never experienced any issues. I therefore wanted to find out if this is an issue ...
SSAC Vacancy
05 December 2022 | News
... (SSAC) – Committee Members x 5 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are recruiting five committee members for the Social Security ... Ministers may seek the Committee’s views on specific issues or SSAC may itself select issues itself which it ...
Disability Groups Call for More Accessible Housing for Private Renters
29 January 2024 | News
Advice for Renters has been working with disability organisations, Inclusion London , Disability Rights UK and Branch Properties , to persuade the Government to ... the Property Portal as well as those leading on disability issues. We reminded the DLUHC officers that the existing ...
DWP Plans for Bank Account Surveillance Likely to Breach Privacy Law and Could Amount to "Unlawful Discrimination”
07 May 2024 | News
The Data Protection and Information Bill, currently moving through the House of ... in underpayments of PIP caused by DWP error in 2022-23. Nearly £19 billion in income-related benefits remains ...
EASS shortlisted for two European awards
12 March 2015 | News
... shortlisted for two awards for the European Contact Centre and Customer Service Awards 2015 The EASS Helpline advises and assists individuals on issues relating to equality and human rights, across ...
PIP delays leave Disabled people hundreds of millions of pounds out of pocket
05 July 2022 | News
Hundreds of thousands of disabled people are having to wait for £300 million of vital support because of ... of people. "But the waiting list for an assessment now stands at 327,000 Disabled people, with an average waiting ...
Celebrating Disability History Month!
16 November 2023 | News
We wanted to take this opportunity during Disability History Month to look back on some of our ... call us wheelchair warriors, we’re kicking up some fuss And we will keep on marching ‘til you let us on the ... ‘We contributed by reviewing some of the proofs. The early one went back for an extensive re-write and they ...
Youth Committee mental health service enquiry
25 June 2015 | News
... to raise awareness? The 2015 Youth Select Committee are coming to Parliament on 26 June and 3 July to take evidence for their inquiry into mental ... and discrimination towards young people with mental health issues? Do you feel informed about the mental health ...