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  • Number Of Trussell Trust Food Parcels Nearly Double Over The Past Five Years

    04 June 2024 | News

    ... the most parcels ever distributed by the network in a year and nearly double the number compared to five years ago. ... to five years ago. In newly published annual statistics, problems with health are reported in over one in five (22%) ... them with too little income to cover the essentials. Issues with benefits such as long waits, delays, or ...

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  • Partner of “distraught” ESA claimant says DWP drove him to his death

    08 February 2021 | News

    The DWP has been blamed for causing the death of a disabled man whose partner had warned he ... benefit assessment that had left him “distraught” and “devastated”, reports the Disability News Service. ... moved into a bungalow on 23 December, because the mobility problems caused by his heart condition meant he could no ...

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  • Jobcentre Plus payments and opening times

    19 December 2017 | News

    Jobcentre Plus opening hours are different over Christmas and New Year. View ... are open, arrangements have been made to make some payments early . Jobcentre Plus payments and opening times ...

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  • Protestors Target Housing Awards

    10 November 2023 | News

    ... are presented annually to councils, housing associations, and their partners at an event organised by Inside Housing ... tenants whose require immediate redress to their housing issues.” Hyde tenant Deni* is attending the protest to ... rooms below, landlord not responding to reporting of the problems, complaints and not completing repairs in one go or ...

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  • NAO report says impractical to cease UC rollout but DWP ducks hardship issues

    14 June 2018 | News

    Rolling out Universal Credit (UC) – National Audit Office. NAO ... More about universal credit More about universal credit and disability The report finds that the Department for Work ... For further information on welfare rights, education issues and social care you will find our factsheets/guides ...

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  • Benefits cap case fails at Court of Appeal

    20 February 2014 | News

    ... that the bedroom tax cap is discriminatory against women and children, and in particular against families that have ... that the Government’s delay in addressing recognised problems with the benefit cap’s application to women’s ... disappointing that the Court declined to decide important issues of principle affecting the large numbers of women and ...

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  • Care home discharges during Covid ruled ‘unlawful’

    04 May 2022 | News

    The UK government’s policy on discharging people from hospital into care homes without testing ... up care after contracting Covid, at the start of the pandemic, has been ruled unlawful at the High Court in ... Justice Garnham ruled that policies released in March and early April 2020 were unlawful because they did not to take ...

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  • Universal credit reforms will not end food bank use

    12 February 2019 | News

    Government admits universal credit linked to increased food bank use After previous Ministerial denials of any connection, the Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has agreed that the ... the fact that people had difficulty accessing their money early enough. However, she then added: “We have made ...

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  • An agenda for equality and mental health

    15 May 2016 | News

    Blog for the Equality and Human Rights Commission written by Liz Sayce CEO Disability Rights UK The blog raises and discusses two questions: How to keep a strong focus on ... alone. How we can break through centuries of discrimination and achieve greater equality 20 years after it ...

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  • Labour MPs Take a Public Stand Against the Disability and Health Benefit Cuts

    17 June 2025 | News

    15 Labour MPs took part in a photo-call organised by Disability Rights UK and the DPO Forum England to publicly show their opposition ... properly .  The most deprived constituencies will lose nearly three times the amount of the least deprived (£265 ...

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