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Bedroom tax human rights appeal fails
20 February 2014 | News
... High Court decision had accepted that the bedroom tax in relation to adults was discriminatory, but that this was objectively and reasonably justified and therefore lawful because discretionary payments are ...
Over half of disabled people using social care can’t get support to live independently
11 November 2015 | News
... Scope has published new research that aims to understand how social care affects younger disabled people and the impact of the funding crisis. The charity spoke to 500 disabled people aged ...
Government extends removal of rights in last-minute SEND school guidance
31 May 2020 | News
The government is treating children with SEND as an afterthought in its education policies, education specialists and charities are warning. DR UK’s Head of Policy, Fazilet ... Care Plans being classed as ‘vulnerable’, despite nearly 50 DPOs demanding clarity in a letter sent last week , ...
Charities make three Autumn Budget proposals to PM Theresa May
14 September 2017 | News
... which would prevent households across the UK from being tipped into debt, and help provide financial security for all. Dear Prime ... squeeze on family finances, to make work pay, and to fix problems in the rollout of Universal Credit. We make the ...
New Govt Work for Your Benefits Scheme
29 September 2013 | News
... for three years or more will be asked to: take part in community work placements, such as clearing up litter and graffiti in their local areas attend daily signings at ... barriers to finding work, for example literacy or numeracy problems, will be provided with intensive support to address ...
DR UK says scrap DWP plans to use AI to scan benefit claimants bank accounts
14 March 2024 | News
Disability Rights UK has joined over 40 other organisations in writing to Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology and Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride to ... for Work and Pensions' (DWP) history of data security issues. The Information Commissioner has stated that he does ...
Disability Poverty Campaign Group statement on Modernising Support for Independent Living: The Health and Disability Green Paper.
30 April 2024 | News
Yesterday, Mel Stride MP, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, announced plans to reform the benefits system which has now been set out in a paper entitled Modernising Support for Independent ... support with the cost of living. The DWP's own data clearly shows the extent to which disabled households were ...
MPs launch public survey and new inquiry asking “How effective have cost of living support payments been?”
05 April 2023 | News
As part of its new inquiry – “Are cost of living support payments reaching everyone in need of help?” – the Work and Pensions Committee of MPs has launched a survey seeking ... from those in receipt of cost of living support payments and those who think they should have been in receipt of such ...
Struggling to find a way to do a hobby, a daily task or something else? Speak to UCL Project Impactive!
01 October 2018 | News
... a disability should never be a reason to stop you from doing what you want to do. We can design a piece of equipment ... aiming to solve challenges by making customised equipment and accessories so that you can enjoy a more independent and ... from mechanical systems to coding to solve a range of problems. Do you have a disability that affects you that ...
Still No Sign Language At Covid Inquiry - One Year After Request Made
31 October 2023 | News
Disability rights groups have criticised the Covid inquiry’s lack of British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters ... inquiry. The Covid inquiry began hearing evidence in June and has failed to appoint a BSL interpreter for any part of ... from Disability Rights UK, Disability Action Northern Ireland, Inclusion Scotland and Disability Wales dated 27 ...