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Our submission to the Work and Welfare Reform Bill scrutiny committee
22 October 2015 | News
Disability Rights UK submission to the Work and Welfare Reform Bill scrutiny committee in respect of the ... between October 2013 and September 2014 had mental health problems. Similarly, more than 60% of the ESA claimants ... in a 1998 report, Disability benefits: A review of the issues and options for reform set out why benefits had been ...
Accommodation Support for Disabled Students
15 January 2025 | Resource
Starting university is an exciting time, but for Disabled ... factsheet provides information about your rights, finding and choosing the right accommodation for you, and details ... Accommodation options Navigating accommodation issues High cost of accessible accommodation Arranging ...
Hate crime guidance by Disability Rights UK, with the Office for Disability Issues, for disabled people on how to report hate crime or harassment
23 February 2012 | News
... Rights UK ( 1 ) has launched a new guide on reporting hate crime experienced by disabled people. Maria Miller ... was developed by Disability Rights UK in alliance with ODI and the launch was attended by senior stakeholders from the ... Rights UK in association with the Office of Disability Issues (ODI) has produced 3 guides. Let’s Stop Disability ...
One in fourteen people now on long-term sick
17 May 2023 | News
Over two and a half million people are unemployed due to being long-term sick or Disabled, according to the latest data ... impairments/post-viral fatigue are being highlighted as key issues in the rise – a record high. For every thirteen ...
DWP “hounded disabled woman for years” before her “starvation” death, papers show
22 September 2022 | News
A disabled woman whose body was found in her flat months after all her benefits had been removed ... “had been hounded for years” by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), and repeatedly failed by other public ... her family alerted her mental health team to the financial problems caused by the DWP cutting off her benefits, they ...
DWP confirms issue date of £150 Disability Cost of Living payment
22 May 2023 | News
... DWP has announced that more than 6 million Disabled people in the UK will receive a one-off lump sum payment of £150 ... be made automatically over two-week period between 20 June and 4 July 2023. Those who were paid the following ... Scottish disability benefits (adult disability payment and child disability payment) armed forces independence ...
Bedroom Tax appeal victory
24 April 2014 | News
Jayson Carmichael, the husband of one of the disabled people currently challenging the ‘Bedroom Tax’ in judicial review proceedings, ... has spina bifida and as a result of her related health problems is unable to share a bedroom with her husband. Mr ...
Write to your MP - ask them to sign the EDM on disability benefits assessments
06 April 2022 | News
Marsha de Cordova MP has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) calling for fundamental reform of WCA and PIP assessment in the forthcoming White Paper and to ...
DWP spent £120 million pounds defending challenges to ESA and PIP decisions in just two years
31 August 2020 | News
The DWP has spent more than £120 million fighting challenges to ESA and PIP decisions in the last two years – despite losing ... In addition, the DWP spent £121 million between 2017/2018 and 2018/2019, with £58 million spent on mandatory ...
MPs and Peers call for Disability Inclusion
03 May 2020 | News
In a letter to the Prime Minister, signed by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Disability and one hundred parliamentarians, calls are made for disabled people to be part of coronavirus strategies. Issues addressed include, ensuring accessible information, ...