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Disabled Students Allowance isn’t working – House of Lords report
07 April 2022 | News
Since raising the issue in Parliament last December, Lord Holmes has published a report on the current issues with Disabled Students Allowance (DSA). The report ... to delivery, the inaccessibility of the application itself and the lack of awareness around what support is available ...
Legacy benefits and universal credit
07 October 2022 | Resource
In most cases, new claims will come under the universal ... child tax credit housing benefit income-related employment and support allowance income-based jobseeker's allowance ... in specified or temporary accommodation or you ( and your partner*) have reached pension age *Before 15 ...
Prescription Charges and Health Benefits
23 April 2025 | Resource
... prescriptions, dental treatment, sight tests, glasses, wigs and fabric supports. You may be entitled to help with these ... be able to get vouchers that can be used to buy fresh milk, infant formula, fresh/frozen fruit and vegetables, and fresh, dried or canned pulses. You can ...
SPECTRUM provides support to Remploy workers
15 May 2013 | News
SPECTRUM has received some limited and short term funding from the Community Support Fund, which will enable them ... Disabled People. Its guiding principle is that disability issues are human rights issues. It works to a Social Model ...
Lack of BSL Covid briefings – High Court challenge
17 June 2021 | News
The government’s lack of sign language interpreters during Covid briefings has been challenged in ... broadcasts accessible to deaf people under the Equality Act and that the government breached its obligations under the ... is in the room during the briefing, avoids any technical issues, ensures that a BSL interpreted version is ...
Liz Sayce speaks at the RI World Congress
25 October 2016 | News
Our CEO Liz Sayce will be talking today at the RI World Congress in Edinburgh. Download presentation Watch Liz's speech and Q&A session (she is the third speaker) Liz is speaking ... with dementia, or learning difficulties or mental health issues. DRILL is run by a partnership of organisations ...
Driver Only trains 'toxic' for disabled passengers
31 July 2018 | News
Freedom of information request shows Disabled Persons Transport ... of Passenger services saying: “We question how older and disabled people, and particularly those who suffer from acute anxiety and mental health issues, can travel when there are effectively no customer ...
New guidance fails to address needs of disabled people
10 May 2020 | News
... crisis explicitly fails to mention disabled people and their needs despite the recognition of some groups of disabled people falling under the ‘clinically vulnerable’ or ‘clinically ... https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/2020/may/government-issues-%E2%80%98phase-two%E2%80%99-coronavirus-guidance ...
Access to Work final evidence session
23 October 2014 | News
The Work and Pensions Committee holds its final evidence session into Access to Work (AtW) on 29 ... to explore the Government’s position on a range of issues highlighted during the inquiry, including: The ...
DR UK release statement response to Chancellors comments on benefit changes
17 November 2023 | News
“For the past few months there has been a seemingly relentless attack on vulnerable, long-term sick and Disabled people on benefits. From the tabloid press to ... health and lifelong disability to suffer worsening health issues. The benefits system is the fault here, not the ...