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Labour will guarantee Disabled people moving into work a return to benefits without the need for reassessment
11 January 2023 | News
A Labour government would overhaul routes into work for Disabled people, including a guarantee that ... speech at the Centre for Social Justice, the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Jonathan Ashworth, said it was “frankly a scandal” that just one in 10 of out-of-work Disabled people ...
It’s a busy time for I Can Make It in the run up to I Can Make It Exchange
23 March 2017 | News
... I Can Make It, which means that there are a lot of photos in this update! On Monday 13 th March, Anna Denham and our champion for Leicester Amir Pathan went to the ... Council where they met Sue Waddington Deputy Mayor Jobs and Skills as well as several senior council officers. ...
Fast-tracked access to benefits extended to those likely to be in final year of life
06 April 2022 | News
New special benefit rules have been introduced for people who are terminally ill that provide ... the ‘Special Rules’ process for Universal Credit (UC) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). These changes are happening in ...
Nearly one in three Disabled workers say they were treated unfairly at work during the pandemic
09 June 2021 | News
Nearly one in three (30 per cent) Disabled workers say that ... been treated unfairly at work during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new poll published by the Trade ... significant barriers in the workplace before the pandemic, and that Covid-19 has made things worse for them. ...
Nearly half of people referred to Trussell Trust food banks are in debt to the DWP
01 March 2022 | News
With a looming cost-of-living crisis, people who cannot afford the ... incomes far below what is needed to afford the essentials. Nearly half of people referred to food banks in the Trussell ... have been working closely with the Trussell Trust and Humankind Research, to develop ideas for what a fairer ...
Disabled people make up nearly half of the most deprived working-age adults in the country
06 July 2022 | News
Disabled people make up nearly half of the most deprived working-age adults in the country Important new research examining the living standards and health of working-age disabled people and ...
How Universal Credit is failing people in vulnerable situations: new Z2K report evidences need for urgent reforms
02 December 2020 | News
... today by anti-poverty charity Z2K reveals the devastating impact that Universal Credit is having on some of those ... migration . Many of these people will lose out financially and face harm as a result of the UC system’s failings. ... who would suffer if pushed onto Universal Credit as it stands. The new report demonstrates, with the removal of ...
One week to stop Government cut to one in four pounds for future ESA claimants: Act Now!
15 February 2016 | News
Thanks to the campaigns of our members and allies, the House of Lords defeated the Government’s ... Support Allowance (ESA) from 2017 for new claimants in the ‘Work related activity group’. If the proposal ... get jobs. This will come back to the Commons on 23 February and, if you agree with us, we are urging you to write to ...
United call for benefits to increase by 6% from April 2022 due to cost of living crisis
09 February 2022 | News
... Disability Benefits Consortium, of which DR UK is a member, and over 30 other organisations - including the Child Poverty Action Group, The Trussell ... find it hard to pay for food than non-disabled people. “ Nearly half of everyone in poverty is either a Disabled ...
Disabled people receiving Support for Mortgage Interest will now be able to transfer this when moving home
17 June 2019 | News
Disabled people and others receiving Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) will now be able to ... when moving home, rather than having to repay the loan and reapply, the Government has announced. SMI is the help ...