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HS2 reveals design vision for new stations in Birmingham and Solihull
08 October 2018 | News
HS2 will release images of two of its brand new stations, marking a significant milestone for the programme, cementing the ... A simple and seamless connection to Moor Street Station Clearly signed pedestrian routes to local bus services, Sprint ...
Being in Control: Getting Personal Assistants (PAs)
15 April 2025 | Resource
... 2015), there is a legal duty upon local authorities in England to provide or arrange services that promote independence ... an employer with all the legal, financial and practical issues that entails. Direct payment is a cash payment that ... out in your domestic setting. Lack of clarity may lead to problems. Your PA can assist you with a wide range of tasks ...
ENIL Stands by Disabled People in UK after Regrettable Brexit
27 June 2016 | News
... Press Release, 24 June 2016 “Today, we come to the sobering realisation that our connection with European ... reflect the aspirations of the Independent Living Movement and decision makers that would collaborate with us is ... Living organisations and their non-disabled allies on the issues of Independent Living. ENIL represents the disability ...
Advance and KeyRing merge
02 April 2014 | News
Advance and KeyRing join forces to create a new future National housing, support and employment provider Advance and KeyRing, the national ... for people with learning disabilities and mental health problems, are merging this month (April). Tim Cooper, chief ...
Around 75,000 claimants have been underpaid ESA but won’t get all their money back
03 January 2018 | News
The DWP is contacting around 75,000 claimants who may have been underpaid employment and support allowance (ESA) following their transfer from ... included incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance and income Support. In a written statement to the House of ...
DWP failing to send UC claimants limited capability for work questionnaires – new research report
09 August 2021 | News
In 2020, the Welfare Benefits Team at Central England Law ... have been expected. CELC has since been investigating and found that this seems to be a widespread problem across ...
Office for Disability Issues moves to new Equalities Hub
31 October 2019 | News
From today (1 November 2019), the Office for Disability Issues (ODI) has moved from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to become a new Disability Unit which will join the Race Disparities Unit in a new Equalities Hub based ...
Strategic partner updates for July 2014
30 July 2014 | News
Health and Social Care update from our work as Strategic Partner ... and honest” report on current provision. One of the issues flagged are wrong incentives for local ... and discuss how to tackle these. They show potential problems and opportunities by making comparisons with other ...
Human Rights Watch to visit UK to gather evidence on institutional abuse
05 October 2023 | News
A team from Human Rights Watch will be visiting England during the second half of October, looking into human rights issues for Disabled people. HRW is an international group ...
Govt response to WCA fourth review
26 March 2014 | News
... of the Work Capability Assessment The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) appointed Dr Paul Litchfield to undertake ... that assessment reports are an accurate reflection of the issues explored during discussions. We will work with our ... experience of dealing with people with mental health problems so that they can contextualise findings at ...