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MPs say delay the vote on the next phase of Universal Credit
21 November 2018 | News
Government must set - and meet - next phase Universal Credit tests. Find out more The Work and Pensions Committee says the Government must delay the ...
Disability Rights UK releases We Belong report
20 January 2021 | News
... rights removed, our access to health care de-prioritised, inadequate support for education, challenges in buying food and barriers to accessing information. At times in the past, we have come together to assert our place in society and this is one of those times. With the Government’s ...
DWP has 80% targets for refusing benefit reconsiderations
15 May 2017 | News
A DWP response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed that it has a target to refuse 80% of mandatory reconsideration requests as a Key Performance ... measures for April 2016 to March 2017 show that nearly nine out of 10 reconsideration requests (87.5%) are ...
Two Champions for I Can Make It represented young people with disabilities with distinction this week
30 November 2017 | News
The Foyles War Rooms at the Cunard Building in Liverpool were a grand location for our Champion for I Can Make It in the North West, Hannah Ross, and Leo Capella the Project Coordinator for the campaign to ...
DWP loses severe disability premium case
29 January 2020 | News
Department for Work and Pensions loses court case over severe disability premium ... Court of Appeal has dismissed the Government’s appeals against two previous court judgments which found that it had unlawfully discriminated against thousands of severely disabled people who moved onto Universal ...
MPs call for Motability finance reforms
13 February 2019 | News
The Treasury and Work and Pensions Committees demand Motability governors “stop making excuses” and provide full evidence to the committees ...
Accessibility of mobility support for disabled people must be improved: new SSAC report
22 November 2020 | News
... that concludes that the Motability scheme be improved in terms of its accessibility to disabled people. The report ... in Motability coupled with the availability of the DLA and the PIP mobility component. DR UK was one of the ... the forthcoming Green Paper - that will look at how the DWP and the benefits system “can best help disabled people” ...
MP's report finds that the Government's current housing policy fails Disabled people.
28 May 2024 | News
A report by the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee has found that "Disabled people undeniably encounter unnecessary and severe barriers to accessing suitable housing in ...
Report reveals Disabled children disproportionately affected by UK cost of living crisis
07 June 2023 | News
... released by the Childhood Trust has revealed the escalating poverty felt by Disabled children across the UK because ... dedicated to alleviating the impact of poverty on children and young people living in the capital. The trust surveyed social workers, other charities, and the parents of children with special educational needs ...
4 out of 10 PIP claimants do not appeal as it would be too stressful
09 September 2018 | News
The DWP has published new quantitative and qualitative research that explores claimants’ ... PIP claim process. Disability Rights UK, welfare rights and policy adviser Ken Butler said: “The DWP often ... decisions to date have been appealed. "The implication being that most disabled people are content with their PIP ...