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Crisis threatens London social care services following Brexit
27 March 2018 | News
... EEA (European Economic Area) workers than any other region in England. Sadiq Khan says that London's social care services ... and the care sector’s recruitment and staff retention problems. Kamran Mallick, chief executive of Disability ...
PIP Award Review Backlog Could Take 10 Years to Clear
05 July 2024 | News
... take almost 10 years to work through the backlog of outstanding personal independence payment (PIP) planned award ... “The new Government needs to prioritise giving the DWP clearly needs to take much greater steps to increased capacity ...
People, Not Tick Boxes: Mind calls for rebuild of the disability benefits system
18 October 2020 | News
The mental health charity Mind has published a report that sets out what it has heard from hundreds of people with mental health problems, and sets out a case for five changes that would make sure ...
Government Launches New PIP Assessment Review
14 May 2025 | News
On 12 May, Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall announced that the Government has now initiated a review of the Personal Independence Payment ... the PIP cuts proposals but said instead: “ I hear very clearly what my H on. Friend says, but I also want to be clear ...
Thousands of Disabled people disenfranchised by the introduction of voter ID
04 May 2023 | News
... 85,000 people have applied for a free voter ID certificate in time for the May Local Elections, despite the Electoral ... at the local elections taking place in some areas of England on Thursday 4 May 2023. It will then apply to UK ... DR UK Policy and Campaigns Officer, said "Disenfranchising nearly 2 million voters across the UK is a completely ...
Green Paper failure to address inadequacy of financial support “shocking and unacceptable” says DPO Forum England
29 September 2021 | News
DPO Forum England has submitted its response to the DWP’s Health and Disability Green Paper. DPO Forum England – represents 21 of the country’s leading DPOs and was set up after then Minister for Disabled ...
I Can Make It Wishes to Recruit Volunteer Champions to Create Job Opportunities in Leicester and Bristol
11 October 2016 | News
On 11th October I Can Make It met with Michael Brittain, the Director of Disability Rights UK member Mosaic , to ... create job opportunities for young people with disabilities and health conditions in and around Leicester. As a result we’re looking for some ...
At least 166,000 in Social Care Debt and more than 1,100 taken to court
04 June 2018 | News
At least 166,000 trapped in social care debt, GMB investigation reveals. The Freedom ... of PIP has led to 25% of people losing their DLA and many with a reduced award . "Around half of new PIP ... the need for urgent reform of both the welfare benefit and social care systems. Good social care should be a right ...
I’m really looking forward to getting Out and Getting Active in this lovely weather says Stephen
25 May 2017 | News
The Get Out Get Active project is making waves - here is one of our mentors Morris meeting his ... first time. They’ll be working to get Stephen more active and boosting his confidence as part of the GOGA project. ... Morris “I’m really looking forward to this. Morris and I have the same sense of humour and, as cheesy as it ...
DR UK in the Mirror: The Queue, Rosie Jones, Sofie Hagen, and the Square Pegs Singers
22 September 2022 | News
Anna Morell road tested the Lying in State accessible queue in the Mirror last week. And you can read her latest Dis Life column about the difference between disability equity and disability equality; why Rosie Jones and Sofie Hagen ...