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BuDS Getting Ready for Brexit guide
18 February 2019 | News
... UK wants to see from Brexit BuDS is not a political charity and does not support Leaving the EU or Remaining in the EU. ... and carers with accurate, reliable, information about issues which may affect them when Brexit happens. They are ... place before Brexit day but that there will still be some problems for disabled people. If there is no agreement with ...
MPs debate working age care reform
11 July 2013 | News
MPs debate social care reform for working age disabled people This debate, held in Parliament yesterday raised a number of issues. Liberal Democrat Care Services Minister Norman Lamb ... community. In favour of the case for preventing ill health and the deterioration of health but subject to cost ...
More than 8 out of 10 disabled claimants fail to find work through the DWP Work and Health Programme
29 November 2020 | News
... have not achieved a ‘job outcome’ through the DWP Work and Health Programme (WHP). The WHP replaced the Work ... referrals to the programme, with the majority of these being disabled people. The Programme provides support to help ... people who may need support to move into employment (the Early Access group). The statistics show that the proportion ...
Disability Rights UK webinar videos available
06 March 2014 | News
Disability Rights UK webinar videos for advisers on Mandatory Reconsideration. The webinar covers: the rules about mandatory reconsideration problems with mandatory reconsideration potential remedies ... an incredibly positive experience. I have serious health issues that make getting out problematic, being able to take ...
Liz Sayce discusses Community Participation and Universal Design
14 May 2017 | News
DR UK CEO Liz Sayce looks both back and forwards at the disability rights movement in this podcast for the Martyn Sibley Show. Hear podcast In this podcast Liz talks about the early battles to both be heard and eventually win political ...
Vulnerable man put at risk for more than 18 months because of Council’s safeguarding failings
08 May 2019 | News
... Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council being alerted to problems, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found. The man, whose health ... all relevant staff receive safeguarding training to ensure issues are dealt with promptly and appropriately and review ...
EHRC has failed families over benefit deaths say bereaved relatives
02 May 2022 | News
... relatives because of the actions of the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) have accused the equality watchdog of ... department to follow an action plan aimed at “resolving issues for DWP customers”. The details of the so-called ... caused.” An inquest in January 2021 uncovered 28 separate problems with the personal independence payment system that ...
Pushed to the Edge: Poverty, food banks and mental health
08 March 2022 | News
Last month, the Food Foundation highlighted a sharp increase in the number of people experiencing food ... co-produced by the Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), explores the ... many of the interviewees had either developed mental health problems, had existing mental health problems exacerbated, ...
PIP and DLA Mandatory Reconsideration Letter Tools
28 January 2018 | News
... adviser, parent or support worker) to write an effective mandatory reconsideration request letter aimed at getting the decision changed at the earliest stage. If you have ... the DWP don’t change their decision, you can appeal and use their How to win a DLA appeal for advice. Advicenow ...
Disabled People Are Not a Scapegoat for Governmental Failures
26 September 2024 | News
Our Policy and Campaigns Officer, Dan White, writes about the worrying Government policy proposals that would offer the DWP ... the Covid pandemic and has since remained at a high level. Nearly 3 million people are out of work due to ill health, a ...