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More Than 1,000 Disabled People Protest Outside Downing Street Over ‘Vile And Cruel’ Benefit Cuts
02 April 2025 | News
Disabled people have spoken of their anger, frustration and fear – and sense of betrayal by the Labour government ... from disability benefits, as they protested outside Downing Street on 26 March , Disability News Service (DNS) ... Labour shadow chancellor, who has supported DPAC for nearly 15 years and is currently sitting as a suspended ...
Exam Access Arrangements for GCSEs and A-levels: FAQs
06 February 2025 | Resource
Exams can be challenging, but for students with special educational needs and disabilities, they can present additional barriers. To ... an exam centre Inform your SENCo about your needs as early as possible. The SENCo or a specialist assessor will ...
Home Office to be taken to court over PEEPs
02 November 2022 | News
... group, Claddag, have raised over £21,000 enabling them to go ahead with their legal challenge against the ... This covers the Home Office's capped legal fees at £20,000 and the court fees of £1,500. Thanks to the generosity of supporters, they have now passed their target and will take the Home Office to court later this year. The ...
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities publishes issues to present to UK Government
05 April 2017 | News
... UK was very pleased to give evidence to the UN Committee in March , based on discussions with large numbers of ... people around the country. We are glad to see many of the issues we raised reflected in the list of issues We plan to ensure we and disabled people continue to feed in to the next stages ...
Universal Credit linked to suicide risk finds new research
15 November 2018 | News
... of coping with the new benefit affecting mental health and leading some to consider suicide, according to new ... Credit, especially those with disabilities, health problems or complicated lives, experienced an average delay ... identified by the DWP due to physical or mental health issues, the additional support that should be available was ...
DR UK and other organisations call for more accessible housing
07 July 2016 | News
Disabled people’s rights in the home and in the wider nation. [Source: The Guardian ... of society from older people, to those with mobility problems, as well as young families. Together, we believe ...
In work labour market interventions
04 June 2013 | News
Extending labour market interventions to in-work claimants These ... asked for ideas on how the DWP can support people in work and in receipt of Universal Credit to help them increase ... interventions to in-work claimants: Jobcentre Plus-led early trials You download these documents at ...
Northern Ireland Ombudsman commences investigation into handling of Personal Independence Payment
24 June 2019 | News
The Northern Ireland Ombudsman in has informed the Department for Communities that she is ... the Department earlier this year in which Ombudsman Marie Anderson stated that after an initial assessment of the ...
Charities and organisations say adult social care is at breaking point
21 March 2019 | News
Joint letter on adult social care. Two years ago the Government rightly recognised the scale of the problem and the need to find a long-term, sustainable solution for ... short-term and do not address the underlying structural problems facing the care and support system. Adult social ...
Citizens Advice statement on DWP funding to provide support to UC claimants
03 October 2018 | News
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will provide £39 million of funding from ... “This funding agreement does not stop us from raising problems with Universal Credit publicly and it does not ... date. For further information on welfare rights, education issues and social care you will find our factsheets/guides ...