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A message from our CEO: building a movement for change
14 December 2021 | News
... difficult year for many Disabled people. Our lives have continued to be dominated by COVID and its devastating consequences. We are acutely conscious ... lives. We continue to speak out strongly on these issues to Government, Parliament, businesses and the media. ...
IntoWork Convention 2017
23 August 2017 | News
The Learning and Work Institute IntoWork Convention 2017 theme for this year was ... aimed to address how we respond to the changing funding and delivery landscape we face and what we need to do to ...
New EHRC report urges benefit review to ensure adequate standard of living
13 March 2018 | News
The cumulative impact of tax and welfare reforms This new Equality and Human Rights Commission report seeks to answer: how much per year individuals and households are expected to lose as a result ... For further information on welfare rights, education issues and social care you will find our factsheets/guides ...
IntoWork Convention 2014
18 September 2014 | News
The IntoWork Convention 2014 brought together a wide variety of people involved in helping people find work, keep work and progress in work Over two days engaging debates and discussion promoted learning about current and future ...
Govt to review local welfare assistance funding
15 September 2014 | News
R(Christopher Jump) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government ... challenge to the Government’s decision to cease grant funding for Local Welfare Assistance Schemes. Currently your ...
EHRC Launches Human Rights Treaty Tracker
08 October 2019 | News
Equality and Human Rights Commission launches new Human Rights Treaty ... today, at https://humanrightstracker.com . The tracker brings together the views of the United Nations on different human rights issues in the UK, the status of treaty rights in the UK, and ...
MPs say carers worse off if they work additional hours
16 May 2018 | News
Work and Pensions Committee report on Employment support for ... This report calls on Government to remove the cliff-edge in benefit calculation (where benefits are suddenly removed ... For further information on welfare rights, education issues and social care you will find our factsheets/guides ...
Benefits in hospital
23 April 2025 | Resource
This resource outlines how a stay in hospital can affect your benefit ... detail which benefits are affected by a stay in hospital and list those which are not. Revised and updated: 22nd April 2025 Contents What is a day in ...
Disabled leaseholders group dismayed at guidance writer appointment
26 January 2022 | News
... to re-write the Means of Escape for Disabled People, and the other suite of fire safety guidance documents. CS ... Association (LGA) guidance document Fire Safety in Purpose-Built Flats , with the support of Government, ... Fire Officers’ Association stated that “to ignore and eliminate advice on Disabled access and evacuation is a ...
DR UK challenges Govt to start again on WCA
12 December 2013 | News
Today the Mail has published an article claiming that one in four claiming sickness benefit have been ... are considered likely to be fit for work at some point and have been placed in an interim, ‘work-related ... activity’, group. They will be re-tested more often and get support or training to move into employment. This ...