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Hear All About Our Get Yourself Active Event!
08 October 2024 | News
... our Get Yourself Active (GYA) campaign hosted an event aiming to re-energise the movement landscape, to be more inclusive for Disabled people. Our Get ... set up to tackle the barriers within the physical activity and social care spheres that prevent or deter Disabled ...
Councils not ensuring minimum wage paid to care workers
29 October 2014 | News
The vast majority - 93% - of councils in England and Wales don't make it a contractual condition for homecare ...
DWP suspends recovery of benefit overpayments
03 April 2020 | News
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the DWP has ... two weeks. Deductions for the recovery of Universal Credit and legacy benefit overpayments, Social Fund loans and Tax Credit debts will be paused. While the majority of ...
Hertfordshire County Council fails to abide by Care Act
14 October 2020 | News
Hertfordshire County Council was found to be in breach of the Care Act by failing to meet a woman’s ... need to maintain a habitable home, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found. The Council reduced her ... her ability to maintain a habitable home as per the Care and Support (Eligibility) Regulations 2015. The woman had ...
DR UK statement on government school grades announcement
17 August 2020 | News
... said: “It is a huge relief that Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced that teacher assessed grades will now stand for those unable to take A-Levels and GCSEs this year due to the pandemic. “We welcome the ...
Check if your employer can use the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
19 April 2020 | News
... has been published by gov.uk. It advises that: “If you and your employer both agree, your employer might be able to ... to do because of coronavirus (COVID-19). This is known as being ‘on furlough’. Your employer could pay 80% of your ... cap of £2,500. You’ll still be paid by your employer and pay taxes from your income. You cannot undertake work ...
DWP says that it has no PIP reconsideration refusal target
15 May 2017 | News
Following our news article on targets for refusing benefit ... UK to say that its Key Performance Indicator (KPI) of 80% mandatory reconsideration refusals does not include PIP. The DWP says that it has no performance indicator for PIP mandatory reconsiderations. While PIP is excluded from its ...
Government delays critical social care meeting
23 June 2021 | News
A meeting to hash out social care policy between Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Matt Hancock scheduled for Tuesday of this week was ... said: “Social care has been on its knees for years, and the increased pressures of the pandemic brought it home ...
Funding where care commissioning changes
02 October 2014 | News
The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) is advising councils that they cannot significantly change ... not reduce the amount they pay for care home placements, and leave families to find the difference, where there are ... their resources when planning how they commission services, and many are experiencing particular pressure in adult care, ...
We're Recruiting!
30 October 2023 | News
We’re Recruiting – Data & Insight Officer Disability Rights UK (DR UK) ... excited to recruit a Data & Insight Officer. The chosen candidate will join DR UK at an exciting time for us. In ... Rights UK towards our aim of becoming a data informed and driven organisation. The job description and person ...