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DPOs Reject Government's Divisive 'British Homes for British workers' Policy
05 February 2024 | News
Ahead of the opening evidence session for the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities inquiry into Disabled People and housing, a group of leading DPOs, including Disability ...
DWP to stop ‘cold-calling’ Disabled people to make low benefit ‘offers’
14 July 2021 | News
In response to a legal challenge by a Public Law Project ... by way of a Consent Order, it agreed to amend its policies and guidance and settle the claim. Evidence gathered over many months ...
I Can Make It prepares for some big events over the next two months
26 January 2017 | News
... has been one of heavy preparation for I Can Make It. Preparing ourselves for meetings whether with our champions, ... We’ve also developed our contacts with Leeds City Council and Knowsley Borough Council as well as establishing contact with Wakefield Council and Leicester City Council. For instance, those of us based ...
Ofgem webinar on possible winter power cuts
22 December 2022 | News
Last week the energy regulator Ofgem hosted an online webinar called “Energy aware: Making a plan for power ... the National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) and Energy Networks Association (ENA) to discuss what ... are medically dependent on electricity for their well-being and independence. The event included speakers from both the ...
Disabled woman wins legal challenge against DWP over automatic benefit deductions
04 October 2022 | News
Hundreds of thousands of people who receive legacy benefits will be impacted by a new High Court’s, following a judicial review challenge brought by Helen Timson, a disabled former police officer. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Third Party Deductions Scheme gives ...
London's Poverty Profile 2015
20 October 2015 | News
... 2015 looks at how London has recovered from the recession in terms of unemployment, out-of-work benefit claims and the quality of work available Download London's Poverty Profile 2015 It examines how poverty and inequality have changed at a time when average incomes ...
Fabian Society launches "Road map to a National Care Service" report."
15 June 2023 | News
A report by the Fabian Society thinktank, which was requested by the shadow health secretary Wes Streeting , and commissioned by the trade union Unison, has set out a ... is hoped would address the "existing patchy, impersonal and inadequate state provision". Disability Rights UK and ...
Report highlights human rights homecare concerns
09 October 2013 | News
Close to home: An inquiry into older people and human rights in home care. This Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) inquiry has found that ...
Resolution Foundation release new report on Winter Fuel Payments
03 October 2024 | News
... Foundation has been released about the impacts on the winter fuel payment cut. In July, Labour announced that the ... decision which has been met with outrage from charities and campaigners will mean up to 7 million families losing ... two criteria: the ability to be targeted at both income and energy needs and allowing the Government to retain a ...
Cutting Disabled People’s Benefit Has Nothing To Do With Fairness, Says DR UK
08 January 2024 | News
Speaking to The Sunday Telegraph yesterday, the Prime Minister ... “The system is not working as it was designed to work and now we are bringing forward reforms that will mean that ... aimed to save the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) nearly £1.3 billion a year by 2028. While the WCA for ...