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Local Authority UC pilots findings
25 July 2013 | News
Local Authority Led Pilots: A summary of early learning from the pilots This report is the first published ... Great Britain set up to inform Universal Credit (UC) design and roll-out and to support Local Authorities (LAs) in their ... months after the projects went live. The report highlights problems faced by local authorities relevant to the ...
English Blue Badge scheme to include those with hidden disabilities
29 July 2018 | News
People with hidden disabilities, including autism and mental health conditions are to be given the right to a ... distress – such as someone with mental health problems have very considerable difficulty when walking - ... For further information on welfare rights, education issues and social care you will find our factsheets/guides ...
Death of Her Majesty the Queen, and lying in state access
08 September 2022 | News
As the nation marks with sadness and respect the long life service of Her Majesty The Queen, DR UK extends our empathy to all those feeling her loss. Early guidance has been published by the Government on ...
Govt dismisses call to allow Universal Credit to be paid twice monthly in England and Wales
07 November 2017 | News
... a recommendation from the Lords Select Committee on Financial Exclusion to allow flexibility so that Universal ... Credit payments might be made twice monthly in England and Wales. The option of twice monthly payments will be ... calls needed to solve disabled peoples universal credit problems Minister says Universal Credit designed to ...
Number Of People Out Of Work Due To Ill Health Growing By 300,000 A Year
03 October 2024 | News
Over the past decade, the health of the UK’s working-age population has deteriorated. More than 8 million ... What impact does this have on individuals, businesses and society as a whole? What can be done to address these ... job practices and promote healthy working conditions.” Early and effective support to keep people attached to the ...
NAO report damns UC roll out
04 September 2013 | News
... Audit Office (NAO) report compares the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) progress in implementing Universal Credit (UC) against its plans, and ... having no past experience of using this method. This caused problems. The DWP is now using a combination of both agile ...
Payment cards must support not restrict choice and control for users of direct payments
12 October 2017 | News
A new report from the Independent Living Strategy Group (ILSG), based on FOI ... reveals significant concerns about payment card practice and makes recommendations on how councils can properly ... for exploring card practice in what is still the relatively early stages of their use. Managing the balance between our ...
1 In 10 Businesses Unable To Support An Employee With A Disability Or Health Condition
10 August 2016 | News
Increasing the number of disabled people in employment must ... report below . Employment specialists Reed in Partnership and leading charity Disability Rights UK surveyed over 300 ... recruit and retain disabled people. Disability and health issues are part of being human: we all need to accommodate ...
Government Rejects Call For Increase In £150 Cost Of Living Payment To Disabled People
30 January 2024 | News
In November 2023, the all-party Work And Pensions Committee ... payments were “equivalent to £2.88 per week, which is clearly not commensurate with the need” especially given the ...
NAO report highlights UC concerns
10 December 2013 | News
Department for Work and Pensions: 2012-13 Accounts: Report by the Comptroller ... report “ Universal Credit: early progress ” published in September 2013. The earlier report commented on the problems the Department had faced indeveloping and ...