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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” ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Northern charities create ‘Manifesto for a Better Normal’
08 September 2020 | News
... North is one of a group of North East charities calling for change across the North East of England as part of a ‘Manifesto for a Better Normal’. The ... disabled people have been affected by the COVID-19 crisis, and calls on government, services and businesses to learn ...
Disabled student granted permission to legally challenge rules excluding him from Universal Credit
15 June 2021 | News
Flinn Kays, a Disabled psychology student, has been granted ... Regulations which amend the 2013 regulations significantly and exclude Disabled students like him from entitlement to ... in 2011/2012, just prior to the benefit being introduced, clearly indicate that the intention was very much for the ...
DWP to pilot single service to deliver all disability benefits assessments
04 March 2020 | News
The DWP is piloting a new system that it has developed which will deliver ... Separate organisations currently run assessments for PIP and the Work Capability Assessments (WCAs) in ESA and Universal Credit, using different IT systems. The new ...
Atos to lose WCA contract: our response
18 February 2014 | News
DR UK urges public to see beyond ATOS incompetence in administering fit for work tests. The Work ... Allowance) was devised by officials inside the Government and approved by ministers. The contract to deliver the assessments was drawn up by the Government and then Government inadequately monitored and managed the ...