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Ensuring access to justice for vulnerable people will be at the heart of the Government's Court and Tribunal digital reform programme
02 October 2019 | News
... Education Foundation (TLEF) has published a report, setting out a blueprint for evaluating the impact of the Government’s £1 billion online courts programme, and for ensuring the needs of all court users. The HMCTS seven-year courts and tribunals reform programme , launched in September 2016, ...
HMCTS to use video and telephone hearings during Coronavirus outbreak
30 March 2020 | News
The CEO of Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has announced changes to the operation of courts and tribunals buildings during the Coronavirus outbreak. In a letter to ... the suitability of video/audio, judges will consider issues such as the nature of the matters at stake during the ...
Second appeal application lodged for new Jodey Whiting inquest
03 November 2021 | News
... application has been lodged by the mother of Jodey Whiting, who is fighting for a second inquest into her ... Jodey was housebound with pneumonia, had been in hospital, and had found out that she had a cyst on the brain. The ... appeal seeks to overturn the decision by the High Court , handed down on 17 September 2021, that the new evidence that ...
DWP seeking Chair of Health and Safety Executive
30 April 2020 | News
Chair of the Health and Safety Executive The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) ... It is responsible for the prevention of workplace illness, injury and death across the UK. HSE conducts a wide range of ... policy and advising Government on health and safety issues. HSE is a well-respected, world-class regulator but ...
Disabled consumers being failed by shoddy customer service, Which? warns
06 December 2023 | News
New Which? research reveals that Disabled consumers are being failed by poor customer service, as the consumer champion calls on firms to do better. During the pandemic, customer service standards dropped as firms were forced to close call centres ...
Disability and Migration network condemns Rwanda Bill
23 April 2024 | News
The Safety of Rwanda Bill has passed its remaining parliamentary stages. This follows a long fight from ... The rights of Disabled people and migrants are not separate issues. We can only mount effective resistance to these ...
New year message from our CEO Liz Sayce
04 January 2016 | News
... in 2016 I want to reflect on what we have achieved so far and ‘where next?’ In 2015 I was proud that DR UK spoke ... reverse this harsh proposal We also spoke out on the major problems with benefit sanctions , and the lack of evidence ... 1.3 million people in the last year - on benefits, student issues, independent living – as well as more detailed ...
I Can Make It has a busy yet productive Wednesday in Bristol
14 September 2017 | News
On Wednesday the 13 of September, our Policy and Development Manager Philip Connolly and our Research and Engagement Officer Anna Denham went to three meetings with both new and key partners in Bristol. The first ...
Successful PIP appeals double in a decade
23 September 2019 | News
Disabled people are almost twice as likely to win their disability benefit appeal than they were 10 years ... about the overall quality of decision-making in DWP and they raise fresh concerns about the performance of outsourcing companies Atos and Capita, which are being paid hundreds of millions of ...
Welfare Reform and Work Bill: Joint briefing on support for housing costs for 18-21 year olds
06 October 2015 | News
In the Summer Budget, the Chancellor announced that under ... that those who are in receipt of both elements of DLA and PIP be exempt. When a disabled person is found fit for ... lower than of their non-disabled peers. Welfare Reform and Work Bill: Joint briefing on support for housing costs ...