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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 ...
Disabled man loses his court case over care package cut following ILF closure
31 August 2017 | News
... support package has been slashed after the closure of the Independent Living Fund. View Inclusion London press release Sue Bott, Deputy CEO of ...
Adult social care online forum responses published
04 September 2016 | News
The Communities and Local Government Committee, as part of their ongoing inquiry into adult social care, set up an online forum on ...
PIP delays: Case study wanted
11 May 2015 | News
The BBC are covering a court case concerning PIP on Thursday and urgently ... a case study The case is being brought by Irwin Mitchell and concerns delays to the Personal Independence Payment ...
WCA People’s Review
18 December 2013 | News
... Review of the Work Capability Assessment (November 2012) and the second People’s Review of the WCA – Further ... 2013) are written from the lived experience of sick and disabled people. They include press reports of the suffering, even deaths, of ...
Building a National Voice of Disabled People 2013
11 November 2013 | News
Annual General Meeting and Conference 2013 Date: Thursday 31 October 2013 ... Our second Conference considered how we can build a strong and loud national voice of disabled people. Given the ...
Benefits system unfair to EU citizens
29 May 2013 | News
The European Commission has decided to refer the United Kingdom to the EU's Court of Justice because it is in breach ... residence' test to EU nationals who reside in the UK and claim social security benefits. Instead, the UK applies ... the commission "every step of the way". The right to reside and habitual residence tests are used throughout the ...