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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 ...
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 ...
What is desperately needed for Disabled people in this Wednesdays Autumn Statement
20 November 2023 | News
Comment by Dan White, Policy and Campaigns Officer This week will see the Chancellor’s ... affect the household budgets of millions of people, setting out how much money will be spent on state benefits and public services, all of which have a crucial impact on ...
DR UK responds to the shelving of the Bill of Rights
07 September 2022 | News
... CEO of Disability Rights UK, said: One of the new Prime Minister's first actions this week was to shelve the British ... would have seen the withdrawal of the Human Rights Act 1998 and replaced it with dangerously fewer human rights ... Human Rights Act, and instead prioritise the many urgent issues currently facing Disabled people in this country. DR ...
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 ...
DWP Ordered To Release Information About Decision to Scrap WCA
14 November 2023 | News
The Information Commissioner has ordered the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to release vital information about its ... then be rolled out, for new claims only from 2026/2027 and 2029 for existing claimants. However, on 8 September, ...
Fazilet Hadi awarded MBE, for services to Promoting the Interests of Disabled People
02 January 2025 | News
... of Policy at Disability Rights UK, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s New Year Honours List. Her combination of warmth and incisive grasp of disability rights is impressive and has helped to build DR UK’s strong policy reputation." ...
Returning to work: disabled people’s jobs and health under threat
18 May 2020 | News
Employers are denying disabled people paid leave to remain at home if they ... from disabled people’s organisations to government to expand the criteria of its list of extremely vulnerable people, ... million. People shielding in line with Public Health England guidance are entitled to statutory sick pay, but this ...