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Soaring costs hit Disabled people
27 October 2022 | News
... Greater Manchester Disabled Peoples Panel has released shocking findings on the impact of the cost of living crisis on ... largest current survey of disabled people in the UK, led and designed by Disabled people. Over 1,495 Disabled people ... severely negatively impacted by rising prices, higher bills and inadequate social care. 20% of Disabled people could ...
DWP refuses to publish report that found Disabled claimants had “unmet needs”
06 December 2021 | News
The DWP ensured an independent report was watered down after it concluded that ... that DWP made it clear that it did not like the analysis and reporting of Disabled people’s unmet needs and the implications for future spending on benefits. The ...
Social Care Ombudsman suspends work
02 April 2020 | News
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has suspended all casework activity that demands information from, or action by, local authorities and care ...
DWP to review how the benefits system supports those with a terminal illness
10 July 2019 | News
Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd announced today that the DWP will set up an "honest and in-depth evaluation" of how the benefits system supports ...
Former ILF user takes Council to court over care package cuts
16 June 2016 | News
... man who needs 24-hour care has been given permission to bring a legal challenge Oxfordshire County Council’s ... The care package was previously joint funded by the Council and the Independent Living Fund (ILF) but when the ILF was ... closed by the government in June 2015 the responsibility and funding was transferred to the local authorities, in ...
Ageless Thanet 50+ Festival
07 November 2018 | News
Disability Rights UK in partnership with Volunteering Matters manned a stand for GOGA Thanet to promote the volunteering ... in partnership with a huge number of fantastic people and organisations, aims to promote a wide range of fun and ...
We oppose the Hendy review proposals to defer 50% of vital Access for All rail projects
26 April 2016 | News
Following the proposals on Access for All detailed in the Hendy ... Disability Rights UK, RNIB, Muscular Dystrophy Campaign UK and Campaign for Better Transport wrote to the Secretary of ... passed since the rights of disabled people to access goods and services were passed into law – yet still many of us ...
Social Services face landmark penalty for depriving daughter of home life for over a year
23 September 2015 | News
... of thirteen months Background to the case from Butler and Co, Solicitors - Read more In May 2013, P’s mother went on holiday for two weeks, ... not least the fact that P had been observed hitting herself and that she had also taken a member of staff to ground ...
DWP WCA Maximus contract statement: Our response
30 October 2014 | News
... Rights UK receives huge numbers of distressed calls and emails complaining about both the content and the process of the Work Capability Assessment. We ...
Unlawful detention of disabled people condemned
12 March 2014 | News
Tens of thousands of disabled people are being unlawfully detained in care homes and hospitals across England and Wales, according to a House ...