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BBC In Touch: Liz Sayce on Access to Work
06 January 2015 | News
Last night Liz Sayce, CEO of Disability Rights UK was interviewed about Access to Work (AtW) on BBC In Touch ... this but its effectiveness is blunted by payment delays and a perceived culture of suspicion that recipients do not ... raised a number of concerns over AtW. They have highlighted problems with payment delays, poor administration and a ...
DWP to decide PIP claims using unlawful and discriminatory rules until summer 2018
19 April 2018 | News
In December 2017, a High Court decision found that PIP ... appealing this decision but Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Esther McVey has now confirmed that the DWP ... published. This Guidance is expected to be published in ‘early' Summer 2018 with first payments, based on it, ...
Ombudsman upholding two-thirds of adult social care complaints
19 November 2017 | News
The local government and social care ombudsman upheld 63% of adult social care complaints in 2016/2017, 10% higher than the average across all ... in 2016/2017 included measures to address “systemic problems”, it said, such as instigating procedural changes ...
Increase in Disabled people’s use of food banks
02 November 2023 | News
... by the Scottish Centre for Social Research, on the extreme financial hardship faced by Disabled people. The new report focuses especially on the use of food banks and the reasons for a sharp increase in their use. The new ... increase in food bank use is partly driven by structural issues, particularly highlighting the disability benefits ...
15,000 die before getting their share of £970 million ESA underpayment
19 December 2018 | News
Earlier this year, a report by the National Audit Office and a Public Accounts Committee report estimated 70,000 disabled people had been underpaid ESA following their migration from incapacity benefit. This was due to ... that could be affected. It expects to complete its review and pay arrears to all cases back to their date of ...
Official data flags impact of inflation on Disabled people
03 November 2022 | News
More than half of Disabled adults (55 per cent) are struggling to pay their energy bills and around a third (36 per cent) are having problems paying their rent or mortgage, according to Office ...
DR UK comments on the government response to the Taylor review
12 February 2018 | News
... 53 recommendations. The review considered a range of issues, including the implications of new forms of work, the rise of digital platforms and the impact of new working models on employee and worker ... are that of employment rights (where they ask about problems faced among particular groups of workers; there ...
Key notes from DRUK's annual Conference
19 November 2019 | News
DRUK’s Conference and AGM was held today at Resource for London. The ... There is a fear that disabled people will get left behind as technology develops. We want to ensure we are part of ... Equality is emerging – Caroline Casey’s Valuable 500 clearly shows the case for investing in disabled people. ...
Disabled rail passenger left “scared and vulnerable”
13 December 2021 | News
A Disabled rail passenger from Leicester has been left feeling "scared and vulnerable" after recent journeys for which she had ... hour for the next one, even though we arrived at the train early to get on first. I told them no, because I had family ...
More than 300 claimants who lost their severe disability premium on migrating to Universal Credit issue High Court claim
15 July 2020 | News
... who lost their severe disability premium (SDP) on migrating to universal credit. The claimants, represented by Leigh ... All were moved on to the new benefit before January 2019 and lost the severe disability premium which they had ... Ryan Bradshaw said: “Our clients believe that it clearly cannot be right that they find themselves £170 a ...