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Universal Credit £20 week increase must be extended to ESA, DBC tells Chancellor
02 June 2020 | News
Disabled people receiving ESA have been missing out on a emergency £20 week out ... emergency £20 was only ever intended for new claimants, and it was a “windfall gain” for existing ones. He added that they wanted to help “people affected by the pandemic”, but failed to acknowledge the impact the virus ...
DWP restarts recovery of benefit related overpayments and social fund loans
06 July 2020 | News
... it has restarted recovery of benefit related overpayments and social fund loans from 6 July. In April, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the DWP ... three months . These included Housing Benefit overpayments and Social Fund Loans. The Department said that the change ...
Contracted out health and disability assessments inquiry
17 January 2016 | News
... Accounts Committee holds a session on contracted out health and disability assessments on Wednesday 3 February 2016 at 2.30pm. Watch Parliament TV: Contracted out health and disability assessments The Department for Work & ... health and disability assessments for a number of reasons, including to determine eligibility for both Employment and ...
Work and Pensions Committee benefit cap inquiry
22 February 2017 | News
The Work and Pensions Committee launched an inquiry into the benefit cap and how it affects British households. Find out more The ...
III Challenging Inequalities conference presentations and videos
09 July 2017 | News
III Annual Conference 2017 Challenging Inequalities: developing a global response - 14 June 2017 Key speakers from academia and the third sector discussed concepts around racial, health, social and economic equity, alongside presentations from upcoming ...
DR UK concerns over any funding settlement for health and social care
10 January 2017 | News
Independent living central to health and social care future. ... news today. Much of the focus of discussion has been about issues such as bed blocking. The Independent Living Strategy ...
DR UK writes to DWP Minister to raise concerns about new PIP descriptor activity guidance
07 November 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK has written to DWP Minister Penny Mordaunt to confirm what action will be taken ... person’s ability to carry out specified daily living and mobility activities. They should not be assessed as able ... that HCP reports will not have fully reported disabled problems in terms of safety. Given this, it’s essential ...
Highly unlikely that 69 suicide cases DWP has investigated in the past six years represents the number of cases it could have investigated
06 February 2020 | News
In a shocking briefing published today, the National Audit ... the former MP Frank Field – then the Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee – reported that the DWP had ... do not come to a judgment as to whether benefits-related issues were the cause of the suicide, but instead scrutinise ...
RMT demands Government put accessible and safe railways first and stop colluding with the rail industry
28 July 2019 | News
Ministers have been colluding with the railway industry to ... Only Operated trains, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) said today. The rail union has ... put an end to the drive toward Driver Only Operated trains and to make the railway accessible to all by ensuring that ...
Inaccessible rolling stock still on the rails
27 July 2021 | News
The Government is still issuing dispensation letters to train operating companies ... the past eight years the industry has failed to comply, and despite the clear cut off date, Disabled people have been forced to have to accept a raft of extensions and dispensation requests. This is of great concern and we ...