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DWP sanctions system discriminated against disabled people for a decade
25 July 2019 | News
The DWP’s benefit sanctions regime has been discriminating against disabled people throughout nearly the whole of the last decade, according to new figures ... been true for every year from 2009 to 2018, except for 2017 and 2018 when the figures for disabled and non-disabled JSA ...
DPCG urge chancellor to continue the Household Support Fund
20 August 2024 | News
... to the Chancellor Rachel Reeves as the September deadline for the withdrawal of the Household Support Fund ... residents with essential expenses such as food, utilities, and clothing . The money is provided by central government and enables local councils to support low-income families in ...
Open Letter to Boris Johnson
15 July 2020 | News
... is amongst the signatories of an open letter to the Prime Minister organised by Scope, warning that the government is forgetting about disabled people and risks turning back the clock on equality. The letter can ... high number of deaths of disabled people has been a tragedy and must be investigated. We have struggled to get health ...
High Court rules loss of around £180 a month disability premiums on claiming Universal Credit is unlawful discrimination
26 January 2022 | News
Two Disabled men, TP and AR, have won a fourth legal challenge over the DWP’s ... to provide adequate transitional payments to protect them and others from a ‘cliff-edge’ loss of income following their move to Universal Credit (UC). ...
Latest report from I Can Make It
05 October 2017 | News
I Can Make It builds on existing progress this week. On Wednesday 4 th October our Research and Engagement Officer, Anna Denham, and our Policy and Development Manager, Philip Connolly, met ...
Culture of othering found at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing
03 April 2023 | News
The Housing Ombudsman's investigation into the death of the ... had a culture of "othering" which saw staff hold prejudices and "lazy assumptions" about asylum seekers and refugees. The investigation uncovered that the landlords ...
Universal Credit cuts will come as ‘a shock’
25 August 2021 | News
Government has failed to properly prepare two million low-income families for October’s £20-a-week cut in Universal Credit, according to leading poverty charities and the Labour party. Save the Children, the Joseph Rowntree ... Foundation, Turn2Us, Trussell Trust, Citizens Advice and the Labour Party have all raised concerns about the £90 ...
Personal Health Budgets: Treat or treatment?
31 August 2015 | News
In response to press reports concerning the use of Personal ... living with long-term conditions, like dementia, diabetes and Parkinsonism. The Department of Health found they are ... all GP appointments, 64 per cent of outpatient appointments and 70 per cent of all inpatient bed days (Department of ...
Have your say on housing
04 November 2020 | News
The Housing Made for Everyone (HoME) coalition is calling for urgent action to tackle the UK’s acute and growing shortage of accessible homes. The coalition of charities and housing organisations, including DR UK, is urging the ...
Leadership academy launch
12 November 2014 | News
The programme focused on using lived experience of disability or a health condition to ... advantage in a business environment The delegates brought and shared their personal experiences with the group and forged some strong alliances for ongoing relationships ...