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£20 week Universal Credit cut likely to lead to poorer mental health and wellbeing for thousands of families
12 September 2021 | News
... warned that a planned £20 per week cut to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit, due at the beginning of October, is likely to lead to poorer mental health and wellbeing for thousands of families. And will have the ...
UK's Chief Medical Officers publish the first-ever guidelines on physical activity for disabled children and young people
16 February 2022 | News
... physical activity levels, will support disabled children and young people to improve their physical and mental health throughout their lives. Brett Smith, ... of Research, Professor of Disability and Physical Activity in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Durham ...
New £500 Test and Trace Support payment for people claiming qualifying benefits who are required to self-isolate
20 September 2020 | News
The government has announced a £500 Test and Trace Support payment for people in England claiming qualifying benefits or working tax credit who ...
CQC says care system for patients with mental ill health, autism and learning disabilities not fit for purpose
20 May 2019 | News
An interim review by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) into the use of restraint, segregation and prolonged seclusion in the health and care sector concludes that the current system as “not ...
Disabled man dies due to lack of food during lockdown
24 June 2020 | News
A disabled man has died during the Coronavirus lockdown because he couldn’t access ... MP for Streatham, London, told the Parliamentary Women and Equalities Committee of her constituent’s plight while ... for disabled people, and inadequate communication. Other issues raised included inequalities in access to health ...
Disabled people protest against shared spaces
04 September 2017 | News
Disabled people and older people gathered outside 10 Downing Street today to protest at the continuing development of shared space areas where traffic and pedestrians ‘share’ space and road marking and ...
EASS to run London Marathon for DRUK
06 August 2015 | News
In April 2016, Stephen May, Adam Roberts and Marie Harris ... (EASS) line, which advises and assists individuals on issues relating to equality and human rights, across ...
New Carer's Allowance factsheet
16 May 2018 | News
Following on from our new universal credit factsheet information pages, we have now created a revised and updated Carer's Allowance factsheet. View revised ... For further information on welfare rights, education issues and social care you will find our factsheets/guides ...
Our appeals factsheet has been updated
03 July 2018 | News
We have now revised our appeals and mandatory reconsideration factsheet so you can choose the information you need. Our benefits appeals information is ... help. For further information on welfare rights, education issues and social care you will find our factsheets/guides ...
Lobbying Act has had chilling effect on charities work during elections says UN
19 June 2017 | News
In a report presented to the United Nations Human Rights ... Lobbying Act for its ‘chilling effect’ on civil society and its unequal treatment of charities compared to ... charities, even small charities, from having a say on the issues that concern them and their members. What do ...