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Extension of terminal illness “Special Rules” for ESA and Universal Credit from April 2022
09 November 2021 | News
The Minister for Disabled People Chloe Smith, has confirmed new benefit rules relating to terminal illness and ESA and Universal Credit will be introduced in April 2022. In ...
Are telephone and video appeal hearings working for Disabled people?: two new surveys launched
30 June 2021 | News
On 1 April 2021, Islington People's Rights started its new IPR Justice project. The new initiative is designed to influence policy and practice on welfare rights, as well as to provide ... (IPR) is carrying out some research about Disabled people and welfare benefits tribunals. Tribunals held by phone or ...
Keep the Universal Credit £20 week uplift and expand it to ESA, says JRF
08 September 2020 | News
The £20 a week uplift in Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit has been a ... as they’ve struggled to get through the Coronavirus pandemic – but it’s due to end in April 2021. To keep ...
WCA Reforms Will Reduce Claimant Caseload by 37 Times More Than It Will Increase Employment
04 December 2023 | News
In his Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced that the ... assessment (WCA), aimed to save the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) nearly £1.3 billion a year by 2028. While the WCA for ...
Disability Rights UK response to joint committee report on Draft Care and Support Bill
20 March 2013 | News
Disability Rights UK urges a sustainable funding solution to the current care crisis that is ... holding disabled people back from realising our aspirations and playing a full and equal part in society. Responding to the joint ...
Government has broken equality laws during pandemic, Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary tells EHRC
20 October 2020 | News
The Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, Marsha de Cordova, has urged the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to investigate the government for breaking the law over the ...
Suspension of PIP and ESA face-to-face assessments continues but kept under review
06 July 2020 | News
In March, the DWP announced the suspension of PIP and ESA ... from unnecessary risk of coronavirus at the outset of the pandemic, “will remain in place following a consideration ...
Concern and surprise over survey that showed care users do not want staff vaccinated
23 November 2021 | News
... News Service has reported on the surprise of DPOs that nearly two-thirds of people in need of social care do not support mandatory Covid vaccinations. It says that the government ...
Progress on disability rights in UK hampered by government inaction
08 October 2018 | News
Progress on disability rights in the United Kingdom: UK Independent Mechanism (UKIM) ... “UK has taken only limited steps to address the concerns and recommendations of the CRPD Committee. UKIM is ... have not seized on this important opportunity to reflect on and progress disability rights. We are concerned by the lack ...
Census 2021 data shows increase in number of Disabled people.
26 January 2023 | News
The latest findings from the 2021 Census are now available. The question asked to identify disability in England and Wales was “Do you have any physical or mental health ...