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Universal Credit costs six times more than planned
02 June 2013 | News
... than the previously claimed £2.2bn The reason for these increased costs is that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will also have to run existing benefits ... £12.8bn will be used to cover costs which include the IT and staff costs for both UC and six existing benefits it is ...
A fifth of shielders not vaccinated when government declared vaccines win
03 March 2021 | News
A fifth of people on the government’s clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) list had not had the ... the first four groups had been offered the vaccine. NHS England data shows that between 92% and 99% of people in the 70 to 80+ age brackets had had at ...
DR UK says public sector should do disability benefits assessments
08 April 2018 | News
... visit. Ken Butler, DR UK welfare benefits advisor, told The Independent : “Time and time again we hear of poor assessment practices when it ... are turned down for benefits because of bad administration and decision making. “It’s unacceptable that companies ...
Well done Ikeni Mbako-Allison on swimming Lake Coniston for DR UK
04 September 2016 | News
... UK. Disability Rights UK would like to say well done Ikeni and thank you. So far Ikeni has raised £1,823.70. You can still donate on his JustGiving page About the spnsored swim, Ikeni says: "I swam 5.25 ... Among other things, DRUK are an invaluable source of advice and information for disabled people in the UK and play a key ...
Review of Boy: Almeida Theatre
20 April 2016 | News
... It’s a play with characters that don’t normally feature in plays: toddlers and children, people with learning difficulties, Polish ... is spoken not delivered to an eavesdropping audience and the script is as crisp as a new fiver. Boy makes more ...
14 per cent of rejected PIP claims decisions are overturned
02 May 2019 | News
One in seven decisions to reject claims for PIP is eventually ... June 2018, of which eight per cent were over-ruled at the mandatory reconsideration (MR) stage – where DWP civil servants review decisions, if requested – and another six per cent at tribunal. The figures, secured ...
DWP help with benefits if you have accessibility needs
05 May 2020 | News
Gov.uk has published information on getting how the DWP can help if you have difficulties claiming benefits because of a disability or health condition. ...
Department for Transport Accessibility Action Plan events
21 September 2017 | News
... (AAP) for public consultation on 24 August 2017. The AAP includes 48 different actions, including proposals for ... the availability of parking for blue badge holders, and introducing a legal requirement for audio-visual announcements on buses. There are also 15 standalone consultation questions seeking views and ideas for ...
Towards Accessible Housing: a toolkit for planning policy
07 December 2015 | News
Habinteg and the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) have launched an innovative online ...
Medics print first 3D windpipe to help girl with serious lung condition
17 September 2015 | News
... replica of seven-year-old Katie Parke’s trachea By practising on this replica they were able to improve the speed and safety of her surgery. Read the Sun article 3D printing ... 3D trachea Disability Rights UK, the University of Salford, and the University of Dundee are working together to explore ...