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COVID-19 and the Rights of Disabled People
17 February 2021 | News
Open Statement from Disabled People’s Organisations and Allies Coronavirus has hit disabled people hard. 60% ... We ask that the needs of Disabled People are met in more personalised and accessible ways. In particular, ... impairment is included in priority group 6, to ensure early vaccination. Disabled People of working age living in ...
Johnson pledges Spring 2022 Inquiry into Covid, NAO report shows major disjunct between health and care
19 May 2021 | News
The Prime Minister has committed to a full public independent Inquiry into the pandemic starting in Spring 2022. The Inquiry will be able to ... Mortimer said: “This report re-emphasises the long term issues that severely weakened the foundations of health and ...
Scrap Tories Proposed WCA Reforms: Open Letter From DR UK And Allies To New Work And Pensions Secretary
09 July 2024 | News
Following a consultation period of just 8 weeks, in November 2023 ... eligibility for the limited capability for work (LCW) and limited capability for work-related activity (LCWRA) ... 424,000 people with serious mobility or mental health problems would be denied both extra Universal Credit worth ...
New regulations issued excluding disabled students from Universal Credit entitlement
04 August 2020 | News
New regulations have been issued to “restore the policy intent” that "a limited capability for work determination, ... the course in any other case. The explanatory memorandum to the regulations says that - “The amendment ... to determine if they have a LCW. Even though they may clearly meet the Universal Credit means test if found to have ...
IPCC issues guidance to improve the handling of discrimination complaints
01 September 2015 | News
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has today issued revised guidelines to improve the handling of discrimination complaints, as well as a set of ... be taken seriously. These guidelines should help’ IPCC issues guidance to improve the handling of discrimination ...
People with mental health problems more at risk of losing benefits, says new study
21 January 2019 | News
Disabled people with mental health problems such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety and low mood are at far greater risk of having their benefits stopped than those with physical ...
Government to consider issuing warnings not sanctions for first offences
16 October 2017 | News
... Accounts Committee (PAC) to assess the feasibility of issuing warnings rather than sanctions for first sanctionable ... also agreed to PAC’s recommendations to: monitor the use and take-up of protection from sanctions for vulnerable claimant groups; monitor and assess underlying causes of variations in sanction ...
First trials of self-driving vehicle services include buses and taxis
21 November 2018 | News
From science fiction to reality: People in London and Edinburgh set to be the first to trial ... ‘seamlessly integrate’ into our lives and remedy the issues we have with public transport. First trials of ...
New fire safety regulations don’t solve the issue of PEEPs
26 January 2023 | News
The Government have updated the England Fire Safety Regulations , but the updates still don’t account for those unable to self-evacuate. In response to Phase 1 of the Grenfell Inquiry – the ... instructions as regards how to report a fire to the fire and rescue authority, and any other instruction that tells ...
Transport for All issues five election demands for accessible transport
10 April 2016 | News
Transport for All is calling on all of the Mayoral and London Assembly candidates to ... and independence as everyone else. Transport for All issues five election demands for accessible transport ...