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Millions of Pounds Held Up Every Month Due to Delays in PIP Reviews
17 August 2023 | News
Disabled people are missing out on an estimated £24 million every month because of ... the number of people seeking support from the charity with issues related to PIP reviews increased by 19% compared to ... health assessments that can be carried out. Between January and April 2023, 210,000 people made a new claim for PIP, but ...
Two new reports advocate Universal Basic Income with little concession to disability
17 March 2019 | News
We highlight the pros and cons of each report... Both reports are not really concerned with financial support for disabled people - which raises ... The report seeks to postpone disability and housing costs issues till a later date, with no detail. Report 2 Nothing ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Open Letter to Manchester MPs Over Benefit Cuts
23 May 2025 | News
... Manchester Equality Panels, which are advisory Panels to Andy Burnham, Greater Manchester's Mayor, have written an open letter to all Greater Manchester MP's expressing their concerns about the Government's Green Paper "Pathways to Work" and its impact on Disabled people. The letter begins " we ...
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 ...
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 ...