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  • Health and Disability Green Paper – a cause for concern

    31 August 2021 | News

    On 20 July the DWP published its long promised Health and Disability Green Paper consultation titled “ Shaping Future Support ”. It considers the options for addressing some “short-to medium-term issues in health and disability benefits”. It also aims to ...

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  • New research highlights barriers to SEND support

    15 November 2022 | News

    ... been published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) and the Disability Policy Centre (DPC) exposing the barriers that Disabled young people are facing when ... consultation , including more information on the current issues in SEND policy, can be found on our website. Bethany ...

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  • 1.6 million children live in mouldy and damp homes

    23 February 2023 | News

    ... on a survey of 2,000 renters, analysis by Citizens Advice indicates that more than half of private renters in  England  (2.7m households) are currently struggling with ... said poor energy efficiency is often the cause of these issues. And its study showed that tenants of private rentals ...

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  • DWP spends almost £40 million contesting disabled people’s right to ESA

    28 August 2017 | News

    An investigation by The Independent has revealed that the DWP ... still, that cost only refers to those incurred by the DWP and does not include the yet unverified money spent by the ... assess disabled people with have with mental health problems. Responding to the Independent, a DWP spokesperson ...

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  • New Scottish sensory impairment strategy

    24 April 2014 | News

    The Scottish Government has invested £2 million to implement a new strategy for sensory ... for improving services for sensory impaired people in Scotland. It was put together following close consultation with a ... include promoting increased awareness of sensory problems in training programmes, to make sure people do not ...

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  • Social Security System "sanctions and demonises Disabled People" - DR UK responds to Employment Inquiry

    08 April 2024 | News

    Disability Rights UK has responded to the Work and Pensions Select Committee's Disability Employment Inquiry . You can read our full version below, and watch our oral evidence session on the 17th April at ...

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  • Dudley CIL peer support group for individual employers and personal assistants

    17 January 2019 | News

    On 19 September, last year, Dudley CIL   held an event for Individual employers of personal assistants (PAs).  The ... of this event was to find out what was working or not, and what ideas attendees came up with to make the lives of ... health budget or their own money to provide personal care and support in their own homes were. The first idea that ...

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  • Incapacity and disability benefit claimants feel particularly hard hit during coronavirus outbreak, MPs find

    26 April 2020 | News

    The Work and Pensions Committee of MPs has published the results of a survey to find out people’s experiences of the benefit system during ... face to face assessments for disability benefits has caused problems for people whose assessments have been cancelled ...

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  • Government issues ‘phase two’ Coronavirus guidance

    10 May 2020 | News

    The Government has issued new guidance on how it is responding to Coronavirus, including social and economic easements. An easy to read FAQ can be found ... for caring for their residents during the pandemic. Any issues in accessing this support will be escalated to ...

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  • DWP launches WCA changes consultation aimed at reducing the number of claimants in ‘limited capability for work-related activity’ group

    06 September 2023 | News

    ... (WCA) reform so that Disabled people assessed as having a limited capability for work are, in their words, not ... to work. The WCA is used in universal credit (UC) and employment support allowance (ESA) to determine what ... include excluding consideration of someone’s mobility problems altogether, and also removing the assessment ...

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