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Our statement on the Queen’s speech
27 May 2015 | News
... The Queens speech appears to offer a crock of gold but no rainbow to get them there. Disability Rights UK urges the ... a disability, make the Access to Work scheme effective and allow disabled jobseekers to commission the employment ... hasn’t explained where £12 billion of cuts will fall and so we await the budget for the necessary detail. In ...
National Guidance on Learning from Deaths for Trusts published
19 March 2017 | News
The purpose of the guidance is to help standardise and improve the way acute, mental health and community Trusts identify, report, review, investigate and learn from deaths, and engage with bereaved ...
Migrant workers lose HB from April
20 January 2014 | News
... Economic Area (EEA) will no longer be able to claim Housing Benefit (HB) if they are claiming income-based ... (JSA). The new rules will not apply to: UK nationals and nationals of the Irish Republic EEA jobseekers with ... worker status (e.g. those who have been recently working and have lost their job involuntarily) EEA ...
New DWP video service for BSL users claiming Universal Credit
19 April 2020 | News
From today the DWP is extending the availability of Video Relay Service (VRS) to ... There is no need for anyone to be in the same location and the claimant does not have to book the service in advance. This means that the claimant and the DWP agent can have a telephone conversation in real ...
New Get Yourself Active blog by Paralympian Jenny McLoughlin
31 August 2016 | News
In this blog Paralympian Jenny McLoughlin considers what sport means to her, why she chose to get involved and the value of sport in terms of inclusion. Read blog She ... Park on the 4th September. If you would like to come and cheer on participants in the bug run/push, visit the ...
A fifth of a million waiting for doctor assessments to drive
25 August 2021 | News
Over 200,000 people are waiting for a doctor’s assessment to renew their driving ... may be, either intentionally or unintendedly, understated and this has already had a grave impact on road safety.” ... applications have been blamed on social distancing rules and strikes at its Swansea HQ. Also, motorists who submitted ...
New campaign promoting Disabled Students Allowance
16 October 2013 | News
National disability charities, AbilityNet and RNIB have launched a campaign urging students to claim the Disabled Students allowance If you have a disability or specific learning difficulty and are studying in higher education, you may be eligible ...
The Carers (Scotland) Bill
04 May 2015 | News
The Bill sets out a range of measures intended to improve the support given to carers This ... to support carers who are assessed as needing support and who meet eligibility criteria. This briefing sets out the Bill’s main provisions and the response to these proposals from the Health and ...
PIP research participants wanted
22 February 2015 | News
The DWP are currently developing a process for people to claim Personal Independence ... The sessions will take place in central London on 13th and 20th March. Aviation House (125 Kingsway), Camden, ... research. Each participant will be asked a few questions and to complete a short computer based exercise, which ...
October ESA Work Capability Assessment statistics
21 October 2013 | News
... cover the period from December 2012 to February 2013. During this time: 58 per cent of claimants were entitled to Employment and Support Allowance. Within this – 23 per cent of ... claimants were placed in the Work Related Activity Group, and 35 per cent of claimants were placed in the Support ...