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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 ...
Work Capability Assessment
23 April 2025 | Resource
Revised and updated: 22nd April 2025 Contents What is the work ... assessment take place? Universal credit Employment and support allowance Cases where only one assessment is ... worse How is the work capability assessment applied? Completing the 'capability for work' questionnaire The assessment ...
One Third of Disabled People are Struggling Financially
14 September 2023 | News
A new report into the impacts of the cost-of-living crisis on Disabled ... which is led by DR UK, Inclusion London, Inclusion Barnet and Disability Positive. The research surveyed 815 people ... of positive changes already happening on some of the issues we highlight in the report. But to make a real ...
What The Rising Energy Bills Means For Disabled People: Calling For An Energy Social Tariff
23 August 2024 | News
Dan White, our Policy and Campaign's Officer and member of the Disability Poverty ... (DPCG), writes about what the new energy price cap and rising energy bills will mean for Disabled people. What are the ... people’s organisations like ours to understand the issues here. We work with the people involved and live the ...
AGM January 2015
26 January 2015 | News
Disability Rights UK 3rd Annual General Meeting: 26 January 2015 -1pm – 4pm at Resource for London The ... Disability Rights UK Liz Sayce then outlined the past year and what we can expect in the coming year. Following members ... provision - We had 700,000 downloads of our factsheets and 8,000 were served through our helplines (our Self ...
Access to Work inquiry: Our response
23 June 2014 | News
Frustrated ambition: disabled people want Access to Work expanded and improved Disability Rights UK has submitted written ... evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s inquiry into Access to Work . Liz Sayce says ‘Access to ...
1 in 4 fear future care provision inadequate
31 August 2014 | News
Public vote of no confidence in care and support system. Today the Care and Support Alliance publishes public opinion survey results ...
Campaigners call on Government to provide more financial support to Disabled people
25 May 2023 | News
A parliamentary debate on Cost-of-Living payments for Disabled People recently took place, after ... people signed petitions set up by campaigners Rachel Curtis and Abigail Broomfield. The next government disability cost of living payment is again £150 and will be paid to around six million people in summer ...
EHRC Inquiry into Criminal Justice System
11 July 2019 | News
Equality and Human Rights Commission seeks experiences of people with cognitive impairment, mental health condition and neurodiverse people in the criminal justice system The Equality and Human Rights ...
7 in 10 PIP appeals won on the same evidence DWP already held
04 October 2022 | News
The claim by the DWP that they lose 70% of PIP appeals mainly because the claimant produces new evidence at their hearing has been proved to be untrue, the Benefits and Work has highlighted. According to the DWP’s own ... oral evidence does not suggest new evidence, says Benefits and Work. Instead it suggests that the tribunal asked ...