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Labour Force Survey analysis: disabled people
23 February 2015 | News
Labour Force Survey analysis of disabled people by region and main health problem covering Oct to Dec 2013 and Oct to Dec ... the rates of employment for those with mental health problems and those with learning disabilities are still ...
Three quarters of people referred to Trussell Trust food banks report that they or a member of their household is Disabled
04 July 2023 | News
New landmark UK research by the Trussell Trust in its most in-depth study to date on hunger reveals its ... often overlap, but all conditions – from mental health issues, to physical and learning disabilities – are more ...
Northern Ireland second independent review of PIP finds assessment causes fear, anxiety, stress and frustration for many disabled people
15 December 2020 | News
The second independent review of PIP in Northern Ireland, commissioned ... The first Independent review of PIP was carried out and published in June 2018. It made 14 recommendations of ...
Advicenow produce new PIP appeals guide
25 May 2016 | News
How to Win a PIP Appeal This guide is for everybody who got thinks ... their application for PIP. It is produced by Advicenow and is intended to help you decide if you should challenge ... terms, what you need to know, where you need to go, and what you need to do to solve your problem. You can view ...
Government reject recommendation to automatically send PIP claimants their assessment report
14 January 2018 | News
The Government has rejected its independent PIP reviewer’s recommendation that PIP ... its recommendations, including that it should: simplify and better co-ordinate communication products to provide a ... consistency of outcomes, the effectiveness of award reviews and the effectiveness of the mandatory reconsideration ...
Disability campaigners ask for ban on prepayment meters
26 January 2023 | News
Recent months have seen Disabled and other financially vulnerable people being subject to warrants that ... Debt collection agents acting on behalf of nation’s gas and electricity supply companies have enforced more than ...
Low Commission legal aid report published
12 January 2014 | News
The Low Commission on the Future of Advice and Legal Support. The final report of the Low Commission calls for a fresh approach ... with employment, debt, housing and other social welfare law problems. In particular it calls for: a national strategy ...
Improved protections against forced fitting of pre-payment meters
19 April 2023 | News
... has announced a new code of practice, which bans the forced installation of Prepayment meters (PPMs) for people with ... 85, people with health conditions that worsen in the cold and those with health related equipment. The new voluntary ... years of age. Households with residents with severe health issues including terminal illnesses or those with a medical ...
New report finds disability employment rates rise higher than those for non-disabled
13 January 2019 | News
Setting the record straight: How record employment has changed ... increase in employment in the United Kingdom between 2008 and 2018. The definition of disability is based on the 1995 ... a rise in the proportion of people reporting mental health problems. At the same, time employment rates have increased ...
Almost half of food bank users have money taken by DWP from benefit payments
30 November 2020 | News
... Trust has published a new report - Lift the Burden - revealing that one in two households at food banks (47%), already ... error, makes it harder for people to afford the essentials and can affect people’s mental health. More than half of ... at food banks where someone was living with mental health problems reported they owed money to the government through ...