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High Court rules mandatory reconsideration requirement for ESA claimants unlawful
10 August 2020 | News
The High Court - in Connor, R (On the Application Of) v The Secretary of State for Work And Pensions [2020] EWHC 1999 (Admin ) - has ruled that the requirement for an ESA claimant to go through the mandatory reconsideration process before appealing against a ...
DR UK concerned at plans to close almost one in 10 jobcentres
05 July 2017 | News
The DWP has announced plans to close almost one in 10 Jobcentres and to make around 750 Jobcentre staff redundant. Announcing ... due to the nature of their disability, and others have problems accessing it due to resources and finance. In ...
Ministers Ignore ESA Claimants in Suicide Prevention Strategy
21 September 2023 | News
Ministers have refused to include claimants of out-of-work ... evidence” from NHS research. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has listed “common risk factors” such as physical illness, financial difficulty and social isolation in its new Suicide Prevention Strategy ...
Evaluation: How Do We Bring People In?
20 August 2024 | News
Evaluation. It’s something we often think of as aimed at a particular individual, ... at Disability Rights UK (DR UK). Our team has the knowledge and experience of working on the programme to develop an ... and meaningful co-creation was challenging. One of the main early obstacles was overcoming the initial ‘information ...
Budget 2015
17 March 2015 | News
Here are some of the main announcements made in the March 2015 Budget. Some of ... or updates of previous announcements Disability and accessibility Gift Aid donation changes ID verification ... accessibility 1.234 Children and young people experiencing problems with their mental health . £1 billion provided ...
Disabled People's Experience of Bus Travel: New Bususers Report Launched
20 August 2024 | News
... issued today by Bususers UK which highlights the many problems and barriers faced by Disabled People using our fractured bus services. The report titled ‘ Why ...
DR UK strongly condemns DWP refusal to publish its review relating to 69 claimant suicides
05 July 2020 | News
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Thérèse Coffey has refused to publish the outcome of an internal review of investigation processes relating to the ... - which was set up to consider the most serious systemic issues identified by internal process reviews and cases from ...
End of life research results published
10 February 2015 | News
... care in the last three months of life as either outstanding or excellent. Problems experienced by those with a terminal illness ... as they age. If you have you been affected by these issues contact Caroline Weston on ...
DR UK AGM and Conference report 2016
07 November 2016 | News
Disability Rights UK AGM and Conference on Equal participation for all – together ... for our conference on Equal Participation for All: Working Together for Real Change on 7 th November – plus over ... with dementia and also people living with mental health issues often have to live with people they don’t choose, ...
Bedroom tax judgments both a significant victory and disappointing defeat
08 November 2016 | News
... Court judgments represent both a significant victory and a disappointing defeat. Read a full summary of the judgments Supreme ... tax legislation is even stronger.” To get help with the issues covered in these cases see our factsheet F15 - find ...