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Liz Sayce to speak at Deaf Unity Conference
19 May 2013 | News
Breaking Work Barriers: Providing Deaf People with Employment Support to Find and Keep Jobs Liz Sayce is giving a talk at Deaf Unity’s ... Providing Deaf People with Employment Support to Find and Keep Jobs . For more information see ...
Benefit uprating
10 April 2022 | News
Benefits and tax credits have been increased today by just 3.1% in the annual uprating. This ... of disability are also surging. Debt will spiral, and many will struggle to pay for essentials. Unacceptable ...
Access to transport for disabled people
14 April 2016 | News
This useful House of Commons library briefing paper explains the legislative frameworks that apply to ... law as it relates to the treatment of disabled passengers and the services they can expect derives from various EU ... of disabled people into the process of training drivers and conductors in Blackpool. Access to transport for ...
Deaf woman wins discrimination case against Government
27 July 2021 | News
Katie Rowley has won a legal case against the Government after a judge found that a lack of sign ... Covid briefings "served to disempower, to frustrate and to marginalise". The Government denied breaching the ... to access the official information had caused her stress and affected her wellbeing. The judge said: "The lack of ...
Disability benefits: one wrong decision overturned every minute of every working day
02 November 2021 | News
... charity Scope shows that a wrong benefits decision is being overturned every minute of the working day, as thousands have to fight every month to get the main disability ... benefit Personal Independence Payment. Scope has demanded urgent action from Government after publishing the ...
Consultation: Bedroom tax exemption for children
06 October 2013 | News
... Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) formal consultation and a call for evidence for The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Size Criteria) (Miscellaneous ...
EHRC seeks strategic law cases
23 October 2016 | News
Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) legal outreach work includes encouraging organisations to refer cases to them. ... which are in line with its strategic litigation policy and business plan . Legal representatives can call to ...
DWP loses more employment tribunals than any other employer
08 March 2020 | News
... has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other employer in Britain for the past four ... One in eight DWP staff identify as disabled. The DWP spent nearly £1 million on tribunal payments and out of court settlements between 2016 and December 2019. ...
Bedroom can be any size for bedroom tax
17 June 2013 | News
... Julia Jones seemed likely to lose £17 of her £70 weekly income because of her liability to the bedroom tax as a ... The definition of what constitutes a bedroom is up to the landlord. Once a room is defined as a bedroom it can be used ... Act lays down size rules for rooms to avoid overcrowding and includes living rooms as rooms for sleeping. It also ...
1400 digital champions to help more than 9,500 people develop basic digital skills
08 September 2015 | News
A new test-and-learn initiative aims to recruit more than 1,400 digital champions within disability, youth and support organisations These champions will engage with ...