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DR UK says scrapping continuous retesting for some ESA claimants a good first step
02 October 2016 | News
Government announces that Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants, who have "chronic ... have long argued that such assessments are a waste of money and put disabled people with progressive conditions through ... is a complete overhaul of ESA alongside an improvement in support for disabled people who are looking for work. The ...
Sarah Newton MP replaces Penny Mordaunt MP at DWP
08 November 2017 | News
New ministerial appointments. View news item View Sarah ... MP is now Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions. Victoria Atkins MP is now Parliamentary Under ... at the Home Office. Sarah Newton's voting history Equality and human rights Generally voted against laws to promote ...
Swimming Lake Coniston with No Feet: a one-off personal challenge
18 September 2016 | News
Ikeni Mbako-Allison was caught in a house fire and suffered burns to his lower legs at 11 ... doing the Cue Arena Chillswim , which he describes as “a yearly event in which a bunch of otherwise sane people hurl ...
Disability Rights UK are Recruiting
10 January 2021 | News
Fundraising Manager Vacancy Disability Rights UK wish to recruit a ... grow the number of individuals actively supporting DR UK and increase income from trusts and foundations. You will be asked to come up with as many ...
Celebrities promote positive disabled role models
22 May 2013 | News
Celebrities have joined forces with the government to help launch a campaign ... had been an actress for many years before becoming blind, and it was some time before I could get back into work. I did that with the support of the team at Emmerdale and through the government employment scheme – Access to ...
New fee remission scheme from October
09 September 2013 | News
From 7 October 2013 The Government will introduce a single fee remissions system in all courts and tribunals and the UK Supreme Court. The fee remission aims to help ...
End unfair charges for shielders, supermarkets told
20 January 2021 | News
Supermarkets must end unfair delivery charges and minimum spend thresholds for shielders – that is the ... UK’s leading grocery retailers by Disability Rights UK and twenty other charities. Shielders are unable to shop in ...
MPs say reform of DWP's terminal illness rules needed not just change to guidance
29 April 2019 | News
The Work and Pensions Committee of MPs has welcomed a “small ... reform is needed. Note: If you are considered to be terminally ill, ‘special rules’ are applied to your claim ... rules criteria, namely: they have a progressive disease and, as a consequence of that disease you would not be ...
DWP response to SSAC over bedroom tax
17 November 2013 | News
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions explains why the DWP rejected the Social Security Advisory ... tax) exemptions for disabled children. The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Size Criteria) (Miscellaneous ...
DR UK warns Severe Disability Premium claimants to ‘seek robust advice’, as UC changes take effect
26 January 2021 | News
From Wednesday 27 January a two-year moratorium on moving people who claim Severe Disability Premiums (SDPs) to ... going through the process of actually declaring changes and being awarded the potentially different sums, for better ... face to enable us to live independent lives. Adaptations and disability aids come at a premium, and these benefits ...