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Reforming Benefits Decision-Making: creating a fair and accessible system that works well for everyone
11 July 2021 | News
A new report, Reforming Benefits Decision-Making, has been published by a joint Administrative Justice Council (AJC) and JUSTICE Working Party. The report considers initial DWP ... providing welfare benefits advice and which should be clearly signposted to on all webpages providing information on ...
Grenfell Tower fire is ‘a landmark act of discrimination against disabled and vulnerable people’
21 April 2021 | News
Lawyers involved in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry into the 2017 fire which killed 72 people have described it “as a landmark act of discrimination against disabled and vulnerable people”. The Royal Borough of Kensington ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...