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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 ...
TfL want your views on portable hearing loops and speech-to-text technology
22 February 2018 | News
Since mid-January, Transport for London have been trialling portable hearing loops and speech-to-text technology at three central London Tube stations. They are trialling these products to understand how they assist customers with hearing impairments when ...
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 ...
MP calls for face mask exemption awareness campaign
04 November 2020 | News
Disabled people who are unable to wear face coverings due to their impairments, are continuing to encounter hostility from some retail and transport staff and members of the general public. Whilst the exemptions are clearly set out in regulations, there has been a failure by ...
Asthma attacks in more than a million people linked to UK cost of living crisis rationing
29 September 2022 | News
One in five (20%) people living with asthma in the UK – of ... they have been forced to make due to rising energy, food and household bills, according to the research by Asthma + ... asthma attacks after cutting back on medicine, heating and food amid the soaring cost of living crisis, a survey ...