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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 ...
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." ...
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 ...
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 ...
Paralympic athletes: PIP will ruin 2012 legacy
27 August 2013 | News
... who helped to transform attitudes towards disability in the UK believe the scrapping of Disability Living ... 2012. Personal Independence Payment, that will replace DLA and has been introduced for new claimants from June 2013, is ... were shared by other British Paralympians - “It would clearly be a concern if there was a situation outside of our ...
Shaping Our Lives A Refuge for All Project and Findings Report
25 March 2019 | News
... a project led by disabled women with experience of violence and abuse. Shaping Our Lives A Refuge for All Project and Findings Report An advisory group of disabled women have ...
ILF protesters storm PM Question time
23 June 2015 | News
Protesters against closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) have ... of whom were in wheelchairs, had made their way towards - and attempted to "storm" into - the Commons chamber. The ... See news item on the BBC website Follow PMQs reaction and all the day's developments at Politics Live Follow on ...