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Committee papers on Mike Penning PIP progress quiz
23 January 2014 | News
The Work and Pensions Select Committee held an evidence session with Mike Penning MP, Minister for Disabled People on Wednesday 11 ... of Personal Independence Payment for new claimants and the timetable for “natural reassessment” of existing ...
DR UK criticises COP26 access ‘confusion’
01 November 2021 | News
Israeli Minister and wheelchair user Karine Elharrar was unable to ... a reasonable adjustment being made for her inability to stand for a prolonged period of time, according to the BBC’s ...
Three quarters of shielders won’t stop shielding
30 March 2021 | News
... found that 75% of Disabled people do not want to stop shielding. Shielding officially ended on 31 March, but many ... safe workplaces, continue to work from home or procure food and medicine supplies safely. 30 million people have now had ... safe workplaces, to work from home, not just to request it, and to receive benefits if the safety of their work ...
Claiming Funeral Expenses Payment to be made easier
22 January 2018 | News
In a written statement to Parliament, on Monday 22 January 2018, the Minister for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance, Kit Malthouse has announced changes ... electronically to speed up the processing of claims and get decisions to claimants sooner introducing a shorter ...
Good Morning Britain want case studies on poverty among disabled people
18 October 2018 | News
Good Morning Britain are covering a story on Poverty and how it has increased for children and among disabled people and ethnic minorities. They are ...
Shielding to end from 1 April
18 March 2021 | News
More than 3.79 million clinically extremely vulnerable people in England are to be told they are no longer advised to shield from ... distancing, to keep overall social contacts at low levels and to work from home if possible. Over 90% of shielders – ...
Election of single-figure disabled MPs 'disappointing'
16 December 2019 | News
... has called the election of so few disabled MPs “disappointing”. We know of just five MPs who were previously in ... statement, she said: “We will be arguing for disabled candidates to have their support needs met at elections, ... disabled people making up one-fifth of the population, clearly some of us voted for the government of the day. The ...
New Pooling Personal budgets factsheet
26 January 2015 | News
Pooling Personal Budgets is another way to empower disabled people and promote choice in how they wish to lead their life ... their resources i.e. their budgets, skills, efforts, and other 'assets' to achieve defined outcomes and do things ...
National Living Wage will push care services towards breaking point says LGA
29 March 2016 | News
The introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW) this week ... close a £5 billion funding gap in social care since 2010 and are continuing to struggle with major ongoing ... alone cover the cost of other pressures within the system and protect social care services from any further cutbacks. ...
Benefit loss not eased by working or moving
11 August 2013 | News
... carried out by the Carried out by the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion (CESI) for the Local Government Association (LGA) ... by £1,615 per year (£31 per week). The shortage of jobs and affordable homes in many areas means that four out of ...