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DR UK/CII Energy Limiting Conditions survey shows huge impacts on daily living
14 December 2021 | News
Four in five people with Energy Limiting Conditions face barriers ... education, healthcare, work, income security, getting out and socialising with friends and family and over 90% have ... A survey of 1,710 people with Energy Limiting Conditions clearly shows that many of the barriers are unique to this ...
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 ...
DWP admits wrongly refusing PIP to record number of Disabled people
24 February 2022 | News
‘Flaws in the system’ have led to almost 80,000 Personal ... number of reviews carried out by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) falling by 23% over the same period. ... appeal through the DWP’s internal process, known as mandatory reconsideration. Reversals at this stage have ...
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). ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...