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  • Report exposes shocking rise in levels of food-poverty related illness

    20 July 2023 | News

    New data obtained by The Times has found that cases of malnutrition in the UK have more than doubled in a decade and have quadrupled since 2007/8. Findings which were ... 312 children — were hospitalised with malnutrition in England. This was exposed alongside figures that showed that ...

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  • Scandal of low percentage of indefinite PIP awards

    26 July 2018 | News

    DR UK demands to know why only 18.1% of PIP awards have been for an indefinite period. “Heidi Allen MP, recently asked a ... by Sarah Newton MP for the period between April 2013 and 30 th April 2018, revealed a shockingly low number of ...

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  • Over 1.5 million people were destitute in the UK in 2017

    06 June 2018 | News

    The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) is calling for the redesign of the social security system to ensure ... the bare essentials that we all need to eat, stay warm and dry, and keep clean. Read JRF report: Destitution in the ... 2018 report says serious physical health and mental health problems were reported by almost half of all destitute ...

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  • CQC Demand System Change in 'Out of Sight - Who Cares?' Report

    21 October 2020 | News

    CQC - disabled people 'falling through gaps'  The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is calling for improved community-based capacity and capability across education, health and care for people ... practices because they failed to get the right care early on. To avoid this in the future will require ...

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  • Chairs of all UK cross-party committees urge £20 week UC uplift to be kept and extended to legacy benefits

    25 July 2021 | News

    The Chairs of the following UK cross-party committees have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions urging ... education, justice and other social services. It is also clearly unfair that those in receipt of legacy and other ...

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  • DWP failures mean dying people are being rejected for PIP

    09 June 2021 | News

    ... for PIP despite having less than six months to live, and many are spending their final weeks fighting in vain for ... years ago, the charities welcomed a DWP review into these issues. However, despite that review having been completed, ... said:   "As this data shows, the DWP is clearly having problems identifying people who need their help. When ...

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  • Action for M.E. respond to independent WCA review

    26 August 2013 | News

    ... Encephalomyelitis) affects an estimated 250,000 men, women and children in the UK. Symptoms can include post-exertional malaise (a ... that lasts for more than 24 hours following exertion) and chronic pain. M.E. affects different people in different ...

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  • Government’s New Guidance: Make Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles More Accessible

    21 November 2023 | News

    Ministers have urged councils to act on new government ... guidance to help improve the accessibility of taxis and minicabs in their area. Taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs) are regulated by local ...

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  • Government £500 million support fund for “vulnerable households” no replacement for keeping and extending UC uplift says DR UK

    29 September 2021 | News

    ... support fund “to help them with essentials over the coming months as the country continues its recovery from the pandemic”: “A new £500m Household Support Fund to help ... vulnerable households as we continue our recovery from the pandemic has been launched by the Government.  This new ...

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  • Radiate event on Leadership and disability

    24 September 2013 | News

    Radiate event - ‘Leadership and disability: what it takes, what it costs and why it matters’ On 23 September legal firm Irwin Mitchell hosted a Radiate network event at its London ... spoke about the firm’s interest in disability equality issues. Phil and Chris discussed aspects of Chris’s ...

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