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Our Access to Work factsheet has been revised and updated
06 March 2018 | News
... to Work (AtW) is a government programme aimed at supporting disabled people to take up or remain in work. Access to ... the scheme, how to claim, where to get more information and what to do if you are not happy with your decision. ... any feedback Our Access to Work factsheet has been revised and updated ...
Funding pressure on NHS and social care set to grow
23 May 2018 | News
Securing the future: funding health and social care to the 2030s. ... 15 years just to maintain NHS provision at current levels, and by at least 4% a year if services are to be improved. ...
Benefit Sanctions More Likely For Black and Minority Ethnic Claimants
17 September 2024 | News
... to meet the ‘ work-related conditions ’ that apply in your case. These failures are called ‘sanctionable ... are four different types of sanction: lowest, low, medium and higher. In each case, benefits can be reduced over ... to extreme hardship, including food bank use , poor mental and physical health and financial debt. Black and minority ...
National Campaign Launched Aiming For Step Change In Disability Justice
12 September 2024 | News
We all want a decent quality of life for ourselves and those we care about. Yet two million Disabled people are trapped in deep poverty, unable to afford to eat or heat their home. ... million) live in a household with a D isabled person. Nearly half of the poverty in the UK is therefore directly ...
PIP and ESA appeal success rate now 75 per cent
15 September 2019 | News
The success rate for PIP and ESA appeals has now reached 75%, according to new Ministry of Justice (MoJ) statistics. The new MoJ ... disability living allowance appeals had a 67% success rate; and universal credit appeals a 65% success rate. For more ...
New Secretary of State for Health and Social Care appointed
09 July 2018 | News
... Matt Hancock MP is the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Read biography The Secretary of State is responsible for the work of the Department of Health and Social Care, including: overall financial control and oversight of NHS ...
EHRC funding for housing discrimination and social security law cases
28 February 2018 | News
The Legal Support Project provides advice and funding to help individuals who have experienced discrimination to pursue legal claims. The Equality and Human Rights Commission are now accepting applications ...
Transport for London maps make tube journeys comfortable and accessible
05 July 2017 | News
... have produced a new map to help people with conditions including claustrophobia and anxiety. There are 270 stations on the Tube network, but ... more than half are actually above ground, with the Victoria and Waterloo and City lines being the only lines that are ...
Accessible information standard initiative
21 November 2013 | News
NHS England has begun a programme of work to develop and implement an Information Standard for accessible information. An ...
New guide to Adult Disability Payment in Scotland launched
14 August 2023 | News
Adult disability payment (ADP) is a benefit for people in Scotland between the age of 16 and pension age who need help taking part in everyday life ...