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Penny Mordaunt co-hosts APPG meeting on International Development
07 March 2018 | News
This meeting was an opportunity to hear about the upcoming Global Disability Summit, and gain more detail about what it means for DFID to put ... 2018 This meeting focused on International Development and was co-hosted by Penny Mordaunt, Secretary of State for ...
Exam boards could be asked to use inclusive language
02 November 2021 | News
Exam boards could be asked to avoid using “complex language” such as colloquialisms, sarcasm and idioms in assessments to make them more accessible for pupils. The exams regulator in England, Ofqual, has published draft guidance to try to remove ...
Disability cuts will be kicked into the long grass
18 March 2016 | News
Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has seen named as the new Work and Pensions Secretary, replacing Iain Duncan Smith. [ Source: ITV ] Planned cuts to ... moved onto the back foot following outrage from the public and many backbench MPs alike. The government source today ...
We want to know about reasonable adjustments in hospitals
01 September 2016 | News
... University of Bristol on a major three-year study. One strand is doing some research about how hospitals in England make changes, or ‘reasonable adjustments’, to their ...
Report shows torture survivors face poverty barrier in UK
16 October 2013 | News
... The Right to Rehabilitation for Survivors of Torture in the UK Poverty including destitution among survivors of ... Dreadful levels of poverty among torture survivors - during and after their passage through the UK's asylum system How ... meet basic living needs reinforce the powerlessness, fear and isolation which is the torture survivor's inheritance ...
Vote to annul PIP changes fails in the Lords
27 March 2017 | News
A Lib Dem attempt to annul regulations changing the rules to PIP was defeated in Lords by 164 to 75 View ... for Managing therapy or monitoring a health condition and Planning and following a journey. You can view the changes in our ...
How to get legal aid in welfare benefits cases
16 April 2018 | News
The total number of disabled people granted legal aid in welfare cases has plummeted from 29,801 in 2011-12 to ... disputes This is because of the 2012 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act, which removed more than £350m from the legal aid budget and ended the right to legal representation in many benefits ...
Universal Credit phone lines to become Freephone in November
17 October 2017 | News
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions David Gauke has announced DWP customer telephone lines will be changed to Freephone numbers. Read DWP press ... David Gauke said the department will inform customers and partners of new Freephone numbers in advance of these ...
NHS funding restrictions could force thousands into residential care
23 January 2017 | News
The restrictions mean that a health service, in England, may not pay for home visits if it is cheaper to ... that such policies are contrary to human rights legislation and Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of People ...
More than half refuse support for mortgage interest loan
26 March 2018 | News
... 51% of claimants at 21 March have said they will decline the offer of an SMI loan. One quarter (25%) are ... the loan. From 6 April 2018, if you are claiming benefits and have housing costs, these will be paid as a Support for ... (SMI) loan rather than as a benefit. This applies to new and existing claimants. The loan will be repaid to the DWP ...