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Shielding MPs allowed to ‘question’ but no longer vote
02 June 2020 | News
... Parliament to vote after an amendment to extend remote voting during the Coronavirus crisis was defeated. MPs from all ... being discriminatory for those MPs who still had to shield, and those who wished to minimise travel and the risk of returning from London to their communities ...
Our response to the new strategy for sport consultation
07 October 2015 | News
The government is developing a new strategy for sport. This consultation invited ... ten themes Participation Physical activity Children and young people Financial sustainability Coaching, workforce and good governance Elite and professional sport ...
Disabled People Left on the Slow Line
01 January 2020 | News
... long will it be before disabled people can travel on any train? It's not going to happen anytime soon even though the rail industry has had ten years and arguably 25 years since the original Disability ... that almost all train operating companies have applied and been granted train accessibility exemption. Even ...
Two-thirds of workers with long covid treated unfairly by employers
28 March 2023 | News
New research by the Trade Union Congress has found that One in seven workers reported losing their job because of ... one in six (16 per cent) who had been subject to bullying and/or harassment at work, and one in 13 (8 per cent) told the TUC they had been ...
Five key principles for localisation
20 May 2015 | News
Localisation and social security: a review This Social Security Advisory ... relevant government departments, together with devolved administrations where appropriate, to take a joint interest in ... with clarity, accuracy and simplicity in mind; and clearly and transparently ‘owned’ by an appropriate ...
Free prescriptions for long term conditions wanted
25 February 2014 | News
Paying the Price: Prescription Charges and People with ... the mounting evidence that prescription charges in England are presenting an unacceptable barrier to the effective ...
Transport Secretary pledges to improve disabled passengers’ journeys
01 March 2020 | News
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced his intent to accelerate progress to make the UK a world leader ... than 100 partners, including First Group, WHSmith Travel and the Alzheimer’s Society. As one in four disabled ... campaign will encourage everyone to reflect on how common, and often unconscious, behaviours can impact others and what ...
Leigh Day Solicitors seeks clients to join a group action compensation claim for loss of disability premiums after moving to Universal Credit
26 September 2019 | News
Leigh Day Solicitors are bringing compensation claims claims for people who have migrated to Universal Credit before 16 January 2019 and have lost their disability premiums - Severe Disability Premium and/or Enhanced Disability Premium . The legal firm ...
Ground-breaking public consultation on proposals for a better benefits system
18 August 2020 | News
A ground-breaking public consultation on proposals for a better UK social ... Clifford Co-Chair of the Commission on Social Security and disability activist said: “Too often the people who design welfare policies do not have first-hand experience of the lives of those their policy aims to ...
King’s Fund report paints bleak picture of social care
11 May 2021 | News
The King’s Fund’s annual assessment of the state of the ... continuing to move in the wrong direction. Between 2015/16 and 2019/20, 120,000 more people requested social care ... there is a continuing gulf between what people need and what they receive. “The latest data paints a bleak ...