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Jobcentre WiFi initiative
16 June 2014 | News
Jobcentres are now installing wi-fi and new web access devices across their ... intended to enable claimants to access universal jobmatch and other job sites. You can find out more at ...
Into Higher Education
20 March 2024 | Resource
Into Higher Education is a guide for anyone with a health ... or universities will be accessible, how to choose a course and what support will be available. It also covers the student finance system and has up-to date information on tuition fees, repayment ...
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 ...
Senior Judge says DWP evidence to tribunals so poor it would be wholly inadmissible in any other court
19 November 2017 | News
... the quality of evidence provided by the Department for Work and Pensions is so poor it would be “wholly inadmissible” in any other court. He added that most of ... are based on bad decisions where the Department for Work and Pensions has no case at all. Speaking at a recent Bar ...
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 ...
Keep the £20 per week UC uplift for another year “at the very least” says Work and Pensions Committee
08 February 2021 | News
A new report from the Work and Pensions Committee of MPs notes that since March 2020 the number of people claiming UC has doubled ... six million, while job vacancies remain far below pre-pandemic levels. Given this, the MPs warn that removing the ...
Joint open letter from over 50 charities urges Chancellor to keep and expand the £20 week Universal Credit lifeline
29 September 2020 | News
... Chancellor to urge him to make the temporary £20 per week increase to the standard allowance of Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit permanent from April 2020, as well as ...
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 ...
Social care system fails young disabled adults
13 November 2017 | News
Public embarrassed, as charity uncovers thousands of young disabled adults stuck in older people’s care homes. England’s social care system is failing thousands of younger ...