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Our concerns over timetable for moving existing disabled claimants to UC
30 July 2018 | News
... Credit. Rt Hon Esther McVey MP Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Caxton House Tothill Street London, SW1H 9NA 27 ... identified as needing additional time to make a claim, many problems remain with the process of applying for Universal ... currently outlined. Finally, we remain concerned about many issues within the design of Universal Credit. These include ...
One-in-seven workers in Britain have a disability
19 October 2022 | News
The Resolution Foundation has found that in the past decade there has been a 2.3 million rise in ... a growing societal awareness of mental health, the pandemic bringing into focus the topic of ill-health and adjustments in the workplace, and the impact of long ...
Georgia's Story - Apprentice and Award Winning TEDx Speaker
04 February 2025 | News
For National Apprenticeship Week, Georgia Shaw, Apprentice and Award Winning TEDx Speaker, tells her story about how completing an ... subjective! For me, it was about making an impact early, gaining real-world exposure, and continually ...
LGO report highlights unacceptable Disabled Facilities Grants delays
17 March 2016 | News
People with disabilities are being left for too long in unsuitable homes because of problems with councils’ Disabled Facilities Grants ... Read report: Making a house a home: Local Authorities and disabled adaptations In a new report issued the LGO ...
Destitution in the UK
28 April 2016 | News
This Joseph Rowntree Foundation report defines destitution in the UK, looking at how many people are affected, who they are, and the main pathways in and out of destitution. It looks at ... ill health are important factors. Meeting additional costs, problems with benefits and difficulty accessing and keeping ...
Those who ‘fail to attend’ telephone work capability assessments may now have their ESA stopped or UC entitlement changed
04 November 2020 | News
... telephone health assessment without “good reason”. In its 6 November Touchbase update newsletter the DWP ... telephone health assessments were introduced in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Universal Credit (UC) earlier this year, an easement was ...
MP Calls for Disabled Inclusive Business Industrial Strategy
26 October 2017 | News
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has been criticised ... and Lesmahagow, highlighted the unfair strategy in a recent early day motion to UK Government. Dr Cameron has called for ...
How Did We Get Involved In The Disability Rights Movement? DR UK Staff Blog Series! Part Three
14 August 2024 | News
Welcome to our new blog series, going into the personal and activist history of Disability ... I was elected as the NUS Disabled Students’ Officer in my early 20s and led this national disability campaign, I ...
Disabled Peoples Organisations Forum reject new ‘tick box’ National Disability Strategy
29 July 2021 | News
... Inclusive Education, Chronic Illness Inclusion, West of England Centre for Independent Living, Disability Sheffield, ... Strategy that is not a strategy, does not address key problems, does not reflect the issues and priorities of Disabled people and was not ...
Social workers needed to support with health and wellbeing research
23 April 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK has partnered with University of Birmingham and Sport England to develop evidence based guidelines to ... who can give up one hour of their time this May or early June to speak with the researchers at University of ...