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Visiting 'Welcome Points' for Disabled Passengers
06 May 2025 | News
... of the new Rail Delivery Group project ‘Welcome Points’ at Blackpool North Rail station. Stephen said ‘I ... part of a team of potential users to assist in the design and configuration of Welcome Points and to see our thoughts put into a full operational system ...
Disabled students to lose entitlement to Universal Credit from this week
14 December 2021 | News
... has written to the Secretary of State Therese Coffey , urging the removal of new regulations barring Higher Education ... only a short interval between finishing Secondary Education and starting a degree, effectively Disabled young people ... (which can often take around nine months to secure) and will therefore be barred from claiming UC during their ...
Disability Rights UK welcomes new charitable partner Enabled City
25 October 2016 | News
... is a digital communications organisation which specialises in inclusive products and services including Wold-Bank, HERO Documents and PhotoRoute. These innovative solutions are inclusively ...
Audio Recording of WCA assessments
05 June 2013 | News
The DWP has produced a FAQ on the audio recording of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessments ... own recording equipment providing you give DWP/Atos notice and it meets DWP/Atos Healthcare requirements. This includes ...
Covid-19 pandemic shows our benefits system unfit for purpose, says TUC
10 August 2020 | News
The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed our benefits system to be unfit for purpose and needs a radical transformation, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has said. The umbrella organisation of Britain’s trade unions argues that the failings of the UK’s ...
End no go areas for disabled people
20 January 2015 | News
... to require access for disabled people to shops, work places and transport in Britain and across Europe is finally lodged in the European ...
PIP 20 metre court case fails
23 July 2014 | News
... to the fairness of its consultation process on the introduction of new 20 metre eligibility criteria for the ... Steven Sumpter who can only walk a few metres with a stick and is otherwise dependent on a wheelchair. He was assessed ... component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) last year and he has used this to lease a Motability car. He fears ...
Minister outlines recent changes to Statutory Sick Pay entitlement rules
12 January 2021 | News
In answer to a written parliamentary question, the Minister ... live or work in an area where shielding is reintroduced and they have been advised to do so by their doctor or ... people advised to shield in Tier 4 areas in England from 20 December 2020 , advises that shielders should ...
New parking scheme helps disabled people park with ease
16 November 2016 | News
A parking scheme which helps customers locate a car park which ... parks cater for the needs of a variety of different users and a car park finder on the website enables people to ... prove they are: well managed; have good signage; are clean and bright; offer good pedestrian access; and that parking ...
Thousands of Disabled people unfairly chased for social care debt
01 March 2023 | News
New reporting by the BBC has shown that more than 60,000 Disabled adults and those with long-term illnesses in England were chased ... to contribute towards the home care they receive in nearly all areas of England, and previous BBC research ...