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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
We are looking for disabled ambassadors or champions
08 June 2016 | News
Making disability an asset in the NHS: Ambassadors or champions ... to explore how one can get the best out of life with and despite of a long-term condition. There is more to that ... still strong imperatives on professional staff to be strong and different from patients seeking help. To counteract ...
Benefits fraud less than one per cent
14 May 2014 | News
The latest Work and Pensions Committee report Fraud and error in the benefits system shows that official data shows that there is nearly twice as much error as fraud in the benefits system. ...
Cost of living crisis: Carolynne’s story
27 September 2022 | News
This week, DR UK is highlighting the stories of Disabled people who are being chronically ... by the cost of living crisis. Carolynne lives in Scotland. Her daughter Freya is immobile, she is blind, she has ... a tube goes directly into her stomach, she has epilepsy and a compromised airway. Freya needs intensive support. She ...
Queens Speech 2017
20 June 2017 | News
The Queen delivered the Speech outlining the Government's legislative programme for this ... Read full text Policy briefing Both the House of Commons and the House of Lords will be debating the contents of the ... Speech will be considered by the Commons on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 June. Key Bills Other Bills Non-legislative ...