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Flawed Universal Credit benefit is pushing people into poverty, says Human Rights Watch
28 September 2020 | News
The Government’s rigid insistence on automating Universal Credit threatens the ... that works as part of a movement to uphold human dignity and advance the cause of human rights for all. Its report ... algorithm is causing people to go hungry, fall into debt, and experience psychological distress. The watchdog calls ...
UN now looking into WCA
15 September 2013 | News
UN official Raquel Rolnik is looking for your personal stories about the Work Capability ... She now wants to examine all of the recent welfare changes and welcomed personal stories about the WCA and how it is affecting people. This is because concerns ...
The welfare safety net is not fit for purpose says Work and Pensions Committee
30 July 2019 | News
The welfare safety net is not fit for purpose for people living on the breadline, and disabled people are at higher risk of falling into, and ... Net report is available @ www.parliament.uk See also Nearly half of all those living in poverty live in a ...
AdviceUK Survey Reveals Crisis in UK Deaf and Disabled People’s Advice Organisations
10 December 2024 | News
Free and life-changing support for thousands of Deaf and Disabled people and their families across ... the UK is under threat as advice centres grapple with surging demand and critical funding shortages, according to ...
Sense launches Covid Inquiry petition
07 September 2021 | News
... three quarters of Disabled people want next year’s Covid Inquiry to investigate their experience. More than three ... Covid Inquiry must investigate what has happened to them, and if it doesn’t, fear the same mistakes will happen ... people and we absolutely believe that our voices and our issues should be at the heart of the public inquiry. ...
Universal Credit will “steamroll vulnerable people into poverty” concludes new Salvation Army research
12 February 2020 | News
... The Salvation Army has shown that millions of people risk being unable to access their benefits due to faults in the ... Researchers interviewed Salvation Army service users and found 85% of people surveyed struggled to complete their ... of vulnerable people and those with mental health issues so they have tailored support to move onto Universal ...
Disabled People Are Not A Scapegoat For Governmental Failures
26 September 2024 | News
Keir Starmer has said he believes that people claiming sickness benefits should be expected to work, ... previous governments rhetoric on “welfare crackdowns” and the targeting of those of us who are Disabled or ... insignificant. Tax fraud & tax avoidance are the real problems. Perhaps, the DWPs powers would be better served ...
Into Apprenticeships and Training: Why Employing Disabled Young People Will Benefit Employers
04 December 2019 | News
This seminar will provide information and advice for employers, careers and enterprise advisers, disabled people, family carers and ...
DR UK and University of Exeter Launch Study Into Disability Pay Gap
10 July 2024 | News
Researchers from the University of Exeter are working with Disability Rights UK to study the Disability pay gap across England, after calls from the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) and Disability Rights UK for mandatory Disability pay gap ...
DR UK in the media on UN report and disability employment gap
02 February 2017 | News
This week, there has been a lot of media interest in the report we presented to the UN committee on disabled people's rights as well as our view on the Work and Pensions select committee report on disability ... applying £30 ESA cut say MPs Commenting on the Work and Pensions select committee report on disability ...