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Universal Credit: your claimant commitment and sanctions – new Public Law Project free advice resources
25 September 2019 | News
... Project (PLP) has launched a microsite for both claimants and advisers to help make sure that individual claimant commitments are appropriately tailored ... SSAC report also highlighted that people with mental health problems are less likely to feel that their commitments ...
Disabled man’s body found six months after the DWP cut off his benefits
22 September 2022 | News
The body of a Disabled man was discovered by police officers in his derelict home six months after his benefits were cut off by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the Disability News Service (DNS) ... DNS understands. E died sometime between October 2016 and early 2017, at the age of 43, but the safeguarding adults ...
Scottish review into care charge costs
24 June 2013 | News
A review into whether disabled people are being denied funding for ... statistics show that the number of people in Scotland being given state funding for all their care has fallen ... process is required. If a disabled person has severe health problems which require intense or complex nursing care then ...
No confidence in Welfare Reform Minister
28 October 2014 | News
MPs yesterday rejected a Labour Party call for Welfare Minister Lord Freud to lose his job after his recent comments ... delays in assessments for a personal independence payment, problems with work capability assessments, and the poor performance of policies aimed at helping ...
Disability benefit reform: reducing the financial risks for Disabled people to try out employment
29 November 2022 | News
... Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) has issued a briefing paper examining in detail how the current structure of ... moving towards employment. The briefing’s conclusions and recommendations, are aimed at informing the Department ... concluded that the immediate priority should be to address issues under the following three broad core themes which ...
Tottenham Hotspur: Supporting Disability History Month and leading the way in disability access and inclusion
23 November 2015 | News
... support for UK Disability History Month as part of its ongoing commitment to backing football’s equality and inclusion campaign, Kick It Out . In November 2014, the ... Disability Centre of Excellence, in partnership with Barnet and Southgate College, to provide specialist education ...
Govt promises 'package of measures' on bus wheelchair access later this year
15 May 2018 | News
... - Buses: Wheelchair Users Read Hansard extract Responding to a question from Baroness Deech, the Government ... changes to law (hopefully to the bus conduct regulations ) and guidance as well as attempting to influence passenger ... confirmed that there are no plans to review the standards for the size of wheelchair spaces on buses and the ...
Journeys can be over four times longer for disabled people
19 April 2016 | News
... 2016 report has found that journeys are often a lot longer and more expensive for young disabled people. The report ... yet: nearly two thirds of respondents have experienced problems getting on a bus owing to the attitude or behaviour ... on a national and local level to highlight and address the issues that are important to them. We aim to fight the ...
Pandemic school absence stats raise child mental health questions
15 July 2021 | News
... figures show 1.5 million children were off school, raising concerns about high numbers of children refusing school ... About 840,000 pupils were off for Covid-related reasons and a further 630,000 were absent for other reasons. That is ... for non-Covid reasons would be suffering from mental health issues while others might be avoiding school because of fear ...
Charging for support: a tax on disability and old age
30 April 2018 | News
In 2017 the Independent Living Strategy Group - an informal grouping of disability organisations and activists, chaired by Baroness Jane Campbell - put out a ... of a charge against their direct payment). This is a long-standing and much contentious issue. We are talking here, not ...