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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 ...
Access to Work: Call to members
14 April 2015 | News
Disability Rights UK is calling on all members to demand expansion of Access to Work Disability Rights UK has ... to Long-term Unemployment - or Access to Work? , notes that problems with Access to Work are actually stopping people ... will commit to our demands it will raise the profile of the issues in all political parties. We have also sent it to ...
Our Voices - letter to Justin Tomlinson re National Disability Strategy
31 January 2021 | News
... Disabled People, Justin Tomlinson, setting out a number of problems with the engagement process for the National Disability Strategy and asking that the launch of the Strategy be postponed, ... its relevance to developing the Strategy and highlights issues which make it unusable and inaccessible to many ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
DWP sanctions and conditionality succeed in not helping disabled people into work and harm their mental health
18 October 2018 | News
Disabled People’s Experiences of the Employment and Support Allowance Work Related Activity Group. Read ... New research, by the University of Essex for DR UK member Inclusion London, shows benefit sanctions and conditions are pushing disabled people further from ...
New inclusion and accessibility guidance for buildings and environments
21 July 2023 | News
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has published new guidance to ensure that inclusion and accessibility are considered at every stage of the design and construction process. The result of a ...