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CQC next phase of regulation: consultation 2
20 June 2017 | News
CQC want your views on changes they are planning to the way they regulate health and adult social care services. Find out more and read consultation This is the second consultation on ...
Get Yourself Active launches evaluation report at end of Year 4 event
11 April 2019 | News
... Yourself Active hosted its end of Year 4 celebratory event and we released the key findings from its latest evaluation report. The event saw two key note speeches from James Sanderson, Director of Personalised Care Group at NHS England ...
MPs debate the disability employment gap
08 June 2016 | News
The debate was moved by Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Owen Smith. The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Stephen Crabb, responded on behalf of the Government. Find out more Read the debate Link to video of the disability ...
2,400 households capped so far
02 July 2013 | News
Just over 2,400 households were capped in the boroughs of Enfield, Haringey, Bromley and Croydon, new figures reveal. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith said: “The benefit cap ...
Universal Credit: is it working?
08 February 2020 | News
... House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has announced an inquiry to examine whether universal credit is meeting its ... design are appropriate for different groups of claimants, and the extent to which universal credit meets the needs of claimants in today’s labour market and changing world of work. The National Association of ...
Two thirds affected by bedroom tax are disabled
13 November 2013 | News
A new Citizens Advice Scotland report “Voices from the Frontline... The Bedroom Tax and disabled people” shows that, in Scotland, 65,600 ...
Social Security Advisory Committee consults on how DWP engages with disabled people
26 February 2020 | News
As part of its independent work programme , the Social Security Advisory ... is conducting research into how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) engage with disabled people in formulating policies and processes which affect them. The SSAC says - “We are ...
Government announces U turn on NI class 4 contributions hike
14 March 2017 | News
The Chancellor has announced that measures to increase Class 4 National Insurance contributions from 9% to 10% in April 2018, and to 11% in April 2019 will not now go ahead. Disability ... more likely than non-disabled people to be self-employed and so would have been proportionally harder hit by this ...
Government to extend personal health budgets to 200,000 by 2024
24 February 2019 | News
Wheelchair users and people who access aftercare services under the Mental ... the government has announced. Read press release Responding to this announcement, our Deputy CEO Sue Bott says: ... know how variable wheelchair services have been in the past and how many disabled people have felt frustrated by not ...
Roll out of audio-visual bus announcements
13 April 2023 | News
The Department for Transport is introducing rules requiring almost every local bus or coach service to provide audible announcements and visual displays identifying the route and direction, each upcoming stop, and the beginning of any ...