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Free DR UK Disability Rights Handbook Coronavirus Supplement available now
14 May 2020 | News
... (covid-19) outbreak. Most of these changes are detailed in our recently published Disability Rights Handbook 2020/2021 . But in a special free supplement we bring them together. We also include schemes and changes where details have only come to light following ...
DWP urged to reveal algorithm that ‘targets’ Disabled people for benefit fraud
23 November 2021 | News
... to make the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) explain how artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to ... people are having to endure months of stressful checks and frustrating bureaucracy after being identified as ... to disclose. A legal letter has been sent to the DWP demanding details of the process which triggers such ...
IFS paper on disability benefit trends
21 May 2015 | News
The changing characteristics of UK disability benefit recipients This ... is now more related to education (low education levels), and less related to age, than in the past. The proportion of disability benefit claims being primarily for mental and behavioural health reasons has steadily increased ...
Disability confidence training
23 June 2013 | News
Most people acquire their disability or health condition during adult life so it is important that managers and all staff become more confident when managing and working with disability in the workplace. Disability ...
Marvellous wins two BAFTAs
10 May 2015 | News
... disability. It’s a celebration of diversity of community and spiritual optimism and I think these are values worth fighting for, more so now ...
More restrictions eased for care homes
11 May 2021 | News
... up from two, from Monday 17 May, as the roadmap continues to open up social living in the UK. Self-isolation ... no longer be required following visits to GPs, dentists and day centres and visits will only pause for a minimum of 14 days rather ...
Changes to the Work Capability Assessment reassessment criteria
28 September 2017 | News
... Assessment criteria will change for some Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Universal Credit (UC) claimants. See DWP policy paper ESA claimants in the support group and UC claimants with limited ...
ESA calls for Disabled astronauts
22 February 2021 | News
The European Space Agency (ESA) is encouraging applications from Disabled astronauts for its latest ... drive . The ESA is looking for four to six new recruits, and has asked the International Paralympic Committee to ... Sciences, or be qualified as an experimental test pilot, and must speak a second language fluently. The ESA says that ...
How Does It Feel To Be Assessed?
05 December 2016 | News
There is insufficient attention given to the price people pay for ... the best of their lives, has too often become a fraught and complex process, causing stress and distress to those who must go through it. Chris Akers ...
Latest PIP statistics published
16 December 2014 | News
Personal Independence Payment: April 2013 to October 2014 On the 31 ... Daily Living Award only, 9% received Mobility Award only,and 62% received both Daily Living and Mobility Award. Overall, 65% received an award at the ...