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BMA Response to COVID-19 Letter
29 April 2020 | News
... British Medical Association writes response to "Covid 19 and the rights of disabled people" letter The British ... the trade union and professional association for doctors in the UK, has responded to the open letter " Covid 19 and ... is important that we, as a society, begin to discuss these issues now, in case they become necessary and resources ...
Woman challenged by police to produce mask exemption document
20 January 2021 | News
A woman was removed from a supermarket by police in Kent after refusing to show evidence of her medical ... exemption from needing to wear a face covering. National and local press picked up on video recorded by the woman and first published on social media. The Daily Mail branded ...
DR UK raises concerns about PIP changes to the Minister for Disabled People
14 March 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK has signed an open letter urging Penny Mordaunt MP, Minister for Disabled People to ... (PIP) which will leave at least 160,000 disabled people and those with long-term conditions without vital financial ... equipment and insurance. Those with mental health issues, learning disabilities and autism face just as severe ...
Govt accepts most of SSAC managed migration recommendations
06 November 2018 | News
... to SSAC recommendations on the draft regulations for moving claimants on to Universal Credit - and also publishes revised regulations. Read SSAC report and government statement SSAC recommendations The Social ...
DVLA criticised for delays in vehicle licence applications
29 March 2023 | News
MPs have been investigating the backlog of driving-licence applications that have been accumulating at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). Up to three million ... unanswered. The Public Accounts Committee also said that nearly three million customers notifying the DVLA of medical ...
Compensation for loss of severe disability premium through claiming Universal Credit
25 July 2019 | News
... compensatory ‘transitional payments’ for those who were in receipt of the severe disability premium (SDP) as part of ... job-seeker's allowance, income-related employment and support allowance, income support, housing benefit, and tax credits. These benefits are replaced by UC. The ...
Benefits cap hurts children and lone parents
06 August 2013 | News
The DWP has produced statistics showing the number of households capped to June 2013 By the end of June 2013: Almost 2.7 thousand households had their housing benefit capped 85% of households had between 1 and 4 children 74% of households constituted a single parent ...
Social care faces Coronavirus and immigration ‘perfect storm’
10 March 2020 | News
The social care sector must be prioritised in the Budget, as it faces a ‘perfect storm’ of the threat from Coronavirus and new immigration policy, set to kick in from 1 January 2021. Potentially hundreds of thousands of job vacancies could remain unfilled as a result of ...
Ministers and councils urged to dump ‘disability tax’
11 November 2018 | News
Charging for social care is an unfair and costly tax on ... in both the amount they charge for social care support - and who they charge. The study aimed to establish whether ...
Disability Rights UK Research and Manifesto on Brexit
20 April 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK has been researching the possible impact of Brexit on disabled people’s ... has included looking at UK laws that have a basis in EU law and what might be required to avoid aspects being lost or ... Centres for Independent Living, charities, Trade Unions and individual disabled people. To provide some legislative ...