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Disability strategy ruled unlawful, DWP denied permission to appeal
09 February 2022 | News
The government has been denied permission to appeal against a court ruling that the entire disability strategy is ... mean that the government needs to discard the strategy and start again. Mr Justice Griffiths, who heard the case, has denied work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey permission to appeal. ...
Permission granted for challenge to National Disability Strategy consultation process
27 July 2021 | News
Four Disabled people have been permitted by the Court to bring forward a judicial review challenge of the consultation ... in breach of their public law duties during the process and that the case was “important in the public ... such a way as to preclude proper and effective response. Nearly all the questions in the survey were multiple-choice. ...
Office for Rail & Road Release New Travel Guidance
28 July 2019 | News
Aims to Increase Confidence of Disabled Passengers The Office for ... (ORR) has recently published updated guidance for train and station operators. The guidance has the aim of ... in conjunction with advice to the Williams Rail Review is clearly aimed at improving the experience of assisted travel ...
Council Tax Support means work does not pay
10 March 2014 | News
... its 48th Report on Council Tax support.Accounts, today and said: "When the Government transferred responsibility ... for Council Tax support to 326 local authorities in April 2013 it intended that the reform supported the work ... lose more of their earnings – as a result of Income Tax and National Insurance contributions combined with the ...
Fears over right to protest under PCSC Bill
18 March 2021 | News
Fears have been raised about the impacts of sweeping changes to rights to protest in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill, which had its second reading in ... finally being made accessible, as Disabled campaigners handcuffed themselves to inaccessible trains and buses in the ...
An open letter from our CEO: 100,000 deaths from Coronavirus. Two thirds of deaths are Disabled people’s.
26 January 2021 | News
This week marks the sobering milestone that the UK has lost 100,000 lives to ... home residents. 30% of these people died in care homes, and a further 10% were taken to hospital where they died. We ... learning disabilities. These people were Disabled people, and they need not have died. According to data from the ...
Disability costs must be covered before applying £30 ESA cut say MPs
02 February 2017 | News
Government must establish additional financial support for disabled people before introducing lower benefit rate, says Work and Pensions committee. View report In a cross-party report published today, Friday 3 February 2017, the Work and Pensions Committee says that, if the Department is to ...
People who are currently shielding can no longer get SSP on that basis from 1 August 2020
30 June 2020 | News
The Minister for Disabled People Justin Tomlinson has announced ... possible, those shielding may wish to go out to more places and see more people, as long as they take particular care to minimise contact with others outside their household and follow hygiene measures. This means that if they are ...
Nearly two-thirds of disabled adults say COVID-19-related concerns affecting their well-being
23 April 2020 | News
A new Office for National Statistics (ONS) survey finds that nearly two-thirds (64.8%) of disabled adults say ... adults for their well-being concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic were feeling worried about the future and being ...
Appeal granted against court judgment denying £20 per week uplift on “justifiable” disability discrimination grounds
17 August 2022 | News
... Court dismissed the case brought by four claimants challenging the Government’s failure to apply the £20 per week ... to Universal Credit (UC) claimants during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, permission to appeal the High Court’s judgment has now been granted and the case will now proceed to be heard by the Court of ...