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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 ...
What Next for Disabled People Living In The Dark? The Need For An Energy Tariff by Dan White
01 February 2024 | News
... social tariff while Ofgem resurrect Pre-payment forced installation, what next for Disabled people living in the ... also pledged to consider the same said thing in 2022, and this was doubled down on by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the then Energy Secretary Grant Shapps. The proposal ...
Election campaigners ‘living in parallel universe’ by not acknowledging a quarter of the UK population says Disability Rights UK
03 June 2024 | News
Election campaigners ‘living in parallel universe’ by not acknowledging a quarter ... UK’s population. With TV debates due to start this week, and almost two weeks into the election campaign, the often desperate needs and inequalities affecting 24% of the population have yet to ...
MPs publish report that aims "to take an axe to the root causes of destitution" in the UK
10 July 2019 | News
Two members of the Work and Pensions Committee, MPs Heidi Allen and Frank Field, today set out the beginnings of a reform programme that aims to take “an axe to ...