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Government faces third legal challenge to Universal Credit migration arrangements
07 August 2019 | News
The government faces being taken to court for a third time in relation to their ... who previously received the Severe Disability Premium (SDP) and Enhanced Disability Premium (EDP) and were moved onto Universal Credit (UC) before 16 January ...
Scrap the Coronavirus Act provisions
24 September 2020 | News
Restore the rights of disabled people The government is being urged to restore the rights of disabled people in ... Act was passed in March, giving powers to central and local government to reduce the rights of disabled people to care, education and mental health protections. No other group of people had ...
PIP replacement part of new user-led plan to transform the social security system
30 January 2022 | News
... have been launched by a user-led commission for sweeping reform of the social security system that include a new ... with something that is no longer “guided by stereotypes and myths about Disabled people and people in poverty”. ... Scope’s research found that 1 in 5 disabled adults and nearly one quarter of families with a disabled child face ...
One year on budget cuts make Care Act “less effective”
31 March 2016 | News
A year after it was introduced, Disability Rights UKs legal partners, Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, say that budget cuts and a lack of compliance from local authorities are making ... for more than 20 years, which aimed to give disabled adults and their carers a greater understanding of their rights. ...
Results Day Advice
08 August 2024 | News
GCSE and A-Level Results Days are quickly approaching. This can be a stressful time for everyone, but it’s ... outlines all the options available to you on results day, and signposts to lots of useful information. GCSE GCSE ...
Government responds to committee report on sanctions
10 February 2019 | News
... of counter-productive sanctions regime says Work and Pensions Committee. Read the Government’s full ... report on benefit sanctions. The Government has agreed to investigate the effectiveness of reforms to welfare ... off benefits when their health or other critical factors clearly make this inappropriate. Disability Rights UK will ...
Leadership Academy April 2015 update
31 March 2015 | News
Great news! Friday 8th May 2015 will see the final day of the Leadership Academy cohort of 2014-15 The programme will culminate in a day of activity and celebrations with a Graduation Ceremony to recognise the delegate’s significant achievements and future contributions to the field of leadership through ...
LibDems publish pre-manifesto
09 September 2014 | News
... its ‘pre-manifesto’ that details a range of measures intended to improve the support offered to disabled people ... The measures include: a reformed and improved Work Programme in partnership with national governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and in England, local ...
High Court judgment denies two million ESA claimants £20 per week uplift due to “justifiable” disability discrimination
22 February 2022 | News
Between 30 March 2020 and 5 October 2021, the standard allowance element of Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit was increased by £20 per week. Yet no ...
Lords return ESA cut amendments back to Commons
28 February 2016 | News
The Welfare Reform and Work Bill was debated in the House of Lords today for consideration of Commons amendments to ESA and UC in 'ping pong'. Previously, the Lords voted to remove ...