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Remembering Rosalie Wilkins: A Quiet Force for Change
05 December 2024 | News
On Sunday, 1st December 2024, we lost an extraordinary advocate, mentor, and friend in Baroness Rosalie Wilkins. Her passing marks ... wisdom when challenges arose. She had a way of reframing problems that made them seem less daunting, encouraging me ...
Government inaction on social care
09 January 2025 | News
... of Policy, writes about the Government's announcement of an independent commission to reform adult social care in England, launched in January 2024. The commission's final ... Labour Government to show leadership on social care. The problems are well-known, and the solutions are ...
Digital universal credit system breaches principles of law and stops claimants accessing support
27 June 2023 | News
... awarded to claimants – often the most vulnerable - and to breaches of rule-of-law principles, significant new ... at each stage of the design and implementation of UC, these problems for claimants may have been avoided. In particular, ... and care leavers) are more likely to be affected by the issues raised in this research. “This is because the ...
Why is inspiration porn entrenched in our attitudes towards disability? By Ned Kelly
17 November 2023 | News
We have been re-publishing some of our older blog posts onto this new website. Enjoy the thoughts and reviews of our DR UK team and contributors! If you have ... would then be inclusive for people with disabilities and issues such as inspiration porn would disappear. ...
Over 100 Organisations Call For Write Off of Carers Allowance Overpayment Debts
31 March 2025 | News
In a joint letter, more than 100 organisations have called on Liz Kendall the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to halt the creation of new carer's allowance ... around the way earnings are averaged is causing huge issues for unpaid carers. Carers make an invaluable ...
Disabled UC claimants underpaid by over £350 per month due to DWP failure to start WCA process
04 October 2022 | News
... Advisers (NAWRA), the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) and Disability Rights UK have written to Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) Minister Victoria Prentis to highlight concerns about delays ... Issuing UC50s: A report on an investigation into systemic problems available from warwick.ac.uk. Disabled UC ...
GYA in Motability Lifestyle and a #penguinproposal
03 May 2018 | News
Get Yourself Active gets featured in Motability’s Lifestyle Magazine and issues a #penguinproposal to Jamie Oliver. Get Yourself ...
Government’s poverty lie: Universal Credit Bill changes will still push 100,000 into poverty
14 July 2025 | News
The Government has issued deeply misleading claims about the effects on poverty of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill. It claims that the ... by the social security information website Benefits and Work , shows the reality is that 100,000 more children ...
DWP and Post Office new cash delivery option to help those shielding because of coronavirus infection risk
22 April 2020 | News
... payments are now available “for the most vulnerable individuals” due to a Post Office and DWP partnership initiative. The new cash delivery option ... Office Card Account customers who are shielding at home and are the most at risk from the virus. The cash payments ...
Service user involvement and payments: how they affect benefits
02 June 2025 | Resource
... carer or service user of health or social care services and if you are getting actively involved in helping to develop or improve these ... sources of advice and information on payment related issues? BACK TO START Acknowledgement and further ...