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DR UK, Disability Forum England and DBC respond to Health and Disability Green Paper
13 October 2021 | News
DR UK has responded to the DWP’s Shaping Future Support: The Health and Disability Green Paper. Published in July 2021, Shaping ... the options for addressing some “short-to medium-term issues in health and disability benefits”. It also aims to ...
Our view: Disabled passenger bus rights
10 November 2014 | News
... of Disability Rights UK said; “For decades people using wheelchairs couldn’t even get on the bus – there ... passengers, the wheelchair user is left at the roadside – and may give up again. There is a lot that bus companies can ... designing buses so there is space for wheelchair users and parents with buggies, making clear where the priority ...
5,000 died without benefit entitlements in botched ESA switch
19 January 2020 | News
A government error saw 5,000 chronically ill and disabled people die before they could receive benefits ... to. The error occurred when they were switched over from incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance to ... these errors to be corrected. “To make matters worse, the problems with the employment and support allowance system ...
Calls for flexible non-academic routes into civil service
23 June 2021 | News
... the need for academic qualifications for civil service jobs in most cases. The Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Angela Rayner, said that degrees and A-levels should only be considered where there was a ... “With over a fifth of the population being Disabled, and with many Disabled people facing barriers to education ...
Care and Support Alliance on new care criteria
23 October 2014 | News
New care overhaul leaves 300k older and disabled people struggling to live on their own Care & Support Alliance Press ... in England responsible for care, government figures show nearly 90% now offer care only to those with the highest ...
Special Educational Needs and Disability (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
30 April 2020 | News
... has issued a notice to modify section 42 of the Children and Families Act 2014. This notice will be relevant to: local authorities health commissioning bodies children and young people with EHC plans parents others involved in ...
Committee to inquire into ESA and WCA
05 February 2014 | News
The Work and Pensions Select Committee is to do a follow up enquiry into Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Work Capability Assessments ...
Investigation into Motability finances and governance needed
06 March 2018 | News
Work and Pensions and Treasury Committees. Read more on the parliament website Following evidence in Parliament on the management and finances of disability ...
"Sharp rise" in DWP benefit death reviews "deeply concerning"
13 July 2021 | News
New figures show that the number of DWP internal reviews held when a person claiming benefits dies ... at least 144 internal reviews were carried out between 2012 and 2019. The latest figures were revealed in response to a ... internal reviews carried out over the last two years is nearly as high as that in the previous five. That the number ...
Video hearings to be made available for Social Security and Child Support Tribunals
28 June 2020 | News
Justice Minister Chris Philip MP has announced that the arrangements ... make video hearings available across all Social Security and Child Support Tribunal regions. In answer to a written ... the suitability of video/audio, judges will consider issues such as the benefit type under appeal, the nature of ...