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Jobcentres 20% Understaffed, Leading To Overwork and An Epidemic Of Poor Mental Health Among Staff
19 January 2024 | News
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) trade union has highlighted ... is hit particularly hard. The PCS has now mounted a staffing campaign as: All areas of the DWP are understaffed by at ... priorities to ensure that work is prioritised to deal with issues impacting on vulnerable citizens. “In the ...
MPs say government in denial over state of council finances
05 February 2019 | News
Local authority finances worse despite greater demand for vital services. ... on services fell by 19.2% in real terms between 2010-11 and 2016-17. The Government’s response to this is to ...
Work Programme, WCA neither effective nor accurate
20 August 2014 | News
A new briefing from the Institute for Public Policy and Research (IPPR) ... for people with mental health and behavioural problems. It is estimated that 1.9 million people are ...
Northern Ireland to scrap the "six months rule" for terminally ill benefit claimants
29 June 2021 | News
... rules”’ apply to benefits such as PIP, DLA, AA, ESA and Universal Credit. Terminally ill people can apply for a claim under "special ... expected to die within six months. However, Northern Ireland Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has today outlined ...
DRUK speaks on diversity in employment at Recfest
14 July 2019 | News
We were invited by Hired, a recruitment agency specialising in the ... Disability: The Art of Thinking Differently Together' and CEO Kamran Mallick attended the event. Founder of ... and people’s negative attitudes. The panel discussed issues including the unconscious bias that we can all be ...
Disabled people in housing crisis
10 May 2018 | News
Disabled people have been left frustrated and trapped by a chronic shortage of suitable housing, as unnecessary bureaucracy and insufficient support ... UK said: 'This research shows some of the fundamental issues we face on a day-to-day basis. 'Appropriate housing ...
Government must end “crippling uncertainty” over £20 per week uplift to UC and legacy benefits, say coalition of 60 organisations
30 November 2020 | News
Over 60 organisations have issued a public statement expressing their “deep concern” at the failure of the ... are making the £20 uplift to Universal Credit permanent and extending it to legacy benefits including ESA. The ... pandemic like those on Universal Credit? "The answer is clearly yes - so the £20 increase should also be payable to ...
Your Chance to Influence the Accessibility Standards for Railway Stations
31 October 2023 | News
'As we know, there are over 14 million people in the UK who identify as having a disability, but ... accessible platform. There are also cultural, behavioural and societal issues that need addressing so a consultation will seek to ...
UN Review of Convention Against Torture in UK
02 October 2018 | News
In April 2019 the UK will be reviewed by the United Nations ... with the UN Convention against Torture. View invitation and venue details REDRESS is facilitating a joint civil ... services; health and social care including such issues as detention, use of restraint and use of drugs; ...
Pandemic Poverty: new DBC research report shows why the £20 week UC uplift must be kept and extended
01 February 2021 | News
In March 2020, in response to the unfolding Covid-19 ... intimidating and a real obstacle – precisely the issues that were being explored by the “managed ...