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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Govt no comprehensive plan for Universal Credit
06 November 2013 | News
... Accounts, today said: “Universal Credit is the DWP’s single biggest programme and enjoys cross-party support, yet its implementation has ... to monitor and challenge progress regularly; and, when problems arose, failed to intervene promptly. Lack of ...
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 ...
Disability Rights UK issue a statement in response to the chancellors remarks on benefit claimants today
02 October 2023 | News
Yet again benefit claimants are treated as easy targets by the ... to blanket label all those on benefits as “shirkers” and to propose a “crackdown” on them is language that is harmful and potentially destructive to those who rely on the benefit ...
MPs investigate DWP recovery of carer overpayments
27 November 2018 | News
The DWP estimates that it overpays £160 million in Carer’s Allowance on an annual basis and is now looking to recover that money. Find out more This means that many carers could have to repay up to thousands of pounds, or even face more serious action; it has ...
Rail Industry committed to improve accessibility for disabled passengers
31 January 2017 | News
Work to improve disabled access to toilets on trains and at stations is underway following talks between Rail ... toilets are more reliable and fix them more quickly when problems arise, ensuring fewer toilets are out of service in ...
Radical reform of benefits assessments for those with mental health problems essential, says Mind
15 March 2023 | News
Getting the right benefits can help those of us with a mental health problem to live with independence and dignity. This requires fair and accurate benefits ... The stories we heard showed that people with mental health problems are not treated with dignity and respect. This ...