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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 ...
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 ...
PA shortage causing hardship for Disabled people
12 July 2022 | News
A new survey by TLAP (Think Local, Act Personal) and the Local Government ... has got harder, both in terms of a shortage of applicants and their suitability for the work. Low pay, poor terms and ...
Potential legal challenges over dishonest PIP assessments
13 May 2018 | News
A leading discrimination lawyer has said he may be able to take ... claimant who has had an assessment in the last few months and wants to consider legal action, can contact the ... 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Life after Lockdown project launched: share your ideas on what social security and private sector housing should look like
19 July 2020 | News
The campaigning anti-poverty charity Z2K has today launched a new ... together to talk about their experiences of the housing and social security systems, and about what they want life after lockdown to look like. ...
Our response to the draft transport accessibility action plan consultation
13 November 2017 | News
... response The action plan covered a range of transport modes including aviation, rail, buses and taxis. It also considered ways to improve public space ... when travelling by sea, in particular are there any issues where you feel more could be done to improve ...