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“Enough to be able to live, not just survive”: new APPG on Poverty report into the (in)adequacy of social security
27 June 2023 | News
Following a spring 2023 inquiry, the All Party Parliamentary Group ... number of organisations, parliamentarians from all parties and others have been questioning whether benefit levels are ... its inquiry agreed that current benefit levels are too low and driving claimants into poverty. For example, as part of ...
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 ...
Abuse by carers should be included in Domestic Abuse Bill
13 February 2021 | News
... Jane Campbell, supported by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and Stay Safe East, is making a strong argument for new clauses to be inserted within ... Abuse Bill, to cover abuse of disabled people by paid and unpaid carers. Baroness Jane Campbell will tell the ...
Liz Sayce Webinar on Embracing independent living in the workplace
30 January 2017 | News
Liz did an Institute of Leadership and Management webinar, which discussed ways leaders, managers and colleagues can support inclusion to achieve equal ...
International Day of Disabled People: leading us into the future
02 December 2015 | News
Imagine if we had thousands of leaders and influencers living openly with a disability or health ...
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 ...
Govt response to PIP delays
06 January 2014 | News
On Monday 6 January Mike Penning responded to a series of questions, from MPs, on the ... Mr Jim Cunningham : To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what guidelines his Department has issued on ... take as it is important for us to get the assessment right and to give claimants the opportunity to tell the assessor ...
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 ...