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Our statement on ILF closure
28 June 2015 | News
STATEMENT ON THE CLOSURE OF THE INDEPENDENT LIVING FUND Tomorrow the Independent Living Fund ... opposed closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) unless and until an effective alternative approach is in place that ... the transfer of responsibility for ILF recipients in England to local authorities taking place tomorrow. In ...
End the “Persecution” of Unpaid Carers Says DR UK
09 April 2024 | News
The Government is facing calls to abandon cruel and nonsensical fines levied on ... according to statistics from Carers UK. “Meanwhile, nearly 8% of unpaid carers in receipt of carer’s allowance ...
IIAC advises industrial injuries changes
16 June 2014 | News
The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) have reviewed the rule that allows decision makers of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) claims to ... the rule does not apply to all industrial diseases and some diseases have different time limits for the rule. ...
Abandoned, forgotten and ignored' – report shows Coronavirus' impact on disabled people
24 June 2020 | News
Inclusion London has launched its interim report based on ... disabled people have been discriminated against, forgotten, and in some cases abandoned as policymakers have ignored our ... talked about increasing levels of psychological distress Nearly half of the respondents talked about inaccessible ...
The future of social care and the forthcoming govt green paper
07 March 2018 | News
Yesterday, Think Local Act Personal held a meeting to discuss the future ... partnership that promotes personalisation, direct payments and personal budgets in social care. TLAP heard from Department of Health and Social Care officials. You can find their ...
Govt talks with DR UK and DBC on PIP mobility rules
04 May 2016 | News
... the Government’s agreement to hold urgent talks with us and the Disability Consortium on the fairness of the current PIP moving around descriptors. The public offer was made by the DWP ... Government to hold urgent talks with Disability Rights UK and the Disability Benefits Consortium to identify a ...
Almost half of Grenfell fire deaths were Disabled people and children
30 March 2021 | News
Fifteen of the 37 Disabled residents and 17 of the 67 children living in Grenfell Tower died in the fire that killed 72 people ... They raised safety concerns which were dismissed time and again. The Inquiry has heard from residents who said ...
Health and care services urged to improve engagement with Disabled people
26 July 2022 | News
The King’s Fund and Disability Rights UK have published a new ... ‘Towards a new partnership between disabled people and health and care services: getting our voices heard’ . Disabled people face poorer ...
Social care sector: zero hour contracts, high turnover and mainly British
24 September 2018 | News
This Skills for Care report examines workforce characteristics about the entire adult social care workforce in England such as age, gender, ethnicity and specific job role information. Read report Key findings ...
Universal Credit sanctions more than double that for ESA and JSA
14 August 2018 | News
... compared to 0.3% of people on jobseeker’s allowance (JSA) and 0.1% cent of people on employment and support allowance (ESA), according to new DWP statistics. The DWP figures show that from ...