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Disabled people less likely to use internet
21 May 2015 | News
Office for National Statistics (ONS) - ONS Statistical Bulletin - Internet Users, 2015 The latest ONS bulletin shows that ... (99% recent users). The proportion of adults aged 75 years and over who were recent internet users was also lower for ...
Opportunity for disabled people to help hold Government to account on its record on disabled people’s rights
21 July 2016 | News
In 2017 the Committee on the Rights of Persons with ... in the UK to let the Committee know the big human rights issues that we face - and for the Committee to learn whether, for instance, ...
EHRC warns that remote video hearings could disadvantage disabled people
21 April 2020 | News
As courts and tribunals switch to online hearings during the COV-19 pandemic, Remote video ... accessible information that explains their right to raise issues that they may have with participation, and accessible ...
Almost two-thirds of working age benefit claimants reported financial strain during first wave of Covid 19: new research report
22 February 2021 | News
Drawing on data from the most comprehensive national study examining working-age benefits - Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) and ... up through the first wave of the pandemic, but fundamental issues remain in terms of the adequacy of payment levels, ...
ODI evaluation on Right to Control released
27 August 2013 | News
... pilots to provide disabled people with personal budgets integrating a number of funding streams failed to deliver any benefit, an Office of Disability Issues (ODI) evaluation has found. Right to Control was ... Grants, the Independent Living Fund, Supporting People and Work Choice - and exercise choice and control over how ...
High Court: council tax reduction scheme does not discriminate on disability grounds
11 November 2015 | News
... authority’s council tax reduction scheme that required a minimum 15% payment from working age residents did not ... Court. Mr Mark Logan received income based employment and support allowance and disability living allowance. His health conditions were ...
UC denies most disabled people opportunity to enter full time HE
06 July 2017 | News
... Universal Credit - the new means tested benefit that is being rolled out to replace existing working age benefits. ... barrier to disabled people accessing higher education; and bars disabled people from accessing residential college ... Personal Independence Payment can receive both Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Housing Benefit. This is ...
Introduction to Welfare Benefits online course - January 2023
14 January 2023 | Event
This online course is aimed at professionals who work in advice or ... - or need a refresher on - changes to welfare benefits and social security. It is ideal for advice workers, social workers, support workers and anyone else supporting clients with social security ...
Conservative party manifesto fails to address disability inequality
12 June 2024 | News
Yesterday, Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, addressed an assembled audience of ... was heavy on commitments regarding property, tax cuts and working families, with a scattering of actions on health and disability; These included: An Increase in NHS spending ...
Disabled-led commission in Lewisham demands local power
12 May 2023 | News
After a three-year inquiry into the barriers Disabled people face, Lewisham ... are at the centre of local decision-making. The detailed and insightful report was written following an extensive ... wanted more say in the decisions Lewisham Council makes and that Disabled people in Lewisham want the council to ...