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Snap election denies Disabled candidates additional support
03 June 2024 | News
A Government fund to enable Disabled candidates to stand for elected office will not be reinstated in time for the General Election. A funding scheme ... and administered by Disability Rights UK, was closed in early 2020. The Government’s Disability Action Plan ...
Social care cuts to continue despite £2 billion boost
27 June 2017 | News
Cuts to social care will continue this year despite ministers putting in an extra £2 ... priority, rather than just 'papering over the cracks'. Thousands of disabled people who rely on care support are ... needs of younger adults with disabilities or mental health problems are greater than those due to supporting older ...
Over 80,000 Disabled teenagers are locked out of their own Child Trust Funds
31 July 2023 | News
... by the BBC show that over 80,000 Disabled young people in England and Wales will miss out on Child Trust Fund savings worth nearly £210.000. Financial expert Martin Lewis has now also ...
Changes in UC transitional protection rules for those on or who lost severe disability premium
06 June 2018 | News
... Read HCWS745 More about universal credit Universal credit and disability In this statement, made by Esther McVey (The Secretary of ... For further information on welfare rights, education issues and social care you will find our factsheets/guides ...
Bedroom tax exemption consultation: Our response
17 October 2013 | News
... to the Social Security Advisory Committee on the Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Size Criteria)(Miscellaneous ... does still need to be taken into consideration. (3) Sleep problems Children with a visual impairment are known to have ...
Disabled Peoples Organisations Sign Open Letter To PM Calling For Accessible Transport
05 September 2024 | News
... Brookes, was pleased to be part of a group of DPOs who jointly compiled and signed a letter which went to the Prime Minister and The ... and reliable services for Disabled passengers. These issues are a daily reality for many Disabled people, and its ...
COVID: Day of Remembrance - Blog by Isaac Samuels
25 March 2025 | News
'This blog—this is for those we lost, for those still fighting, and for those of us who will never be the same.' The 9th of ... in many ways, I feel as though I am stuck in that time. The early days of the pandemic were a blur of uncertainty, but I ...
GPs to say no to medical evidence requests
26 August 2013 | News
Local Medical Committee (LMC) leaders from Lancashire and Cumbria have drafted a letter to help GPs turn down patient requests for support when appealing against their benefits being withdrawn. The template ... We're also having to mop up from other NHS and social care problems. It's hard for individual GPs to say no, because ...
DWP ignored coroner’s call to take action to save claimants from suicide
19 July 2020 | News
... a coroner’s call to act to prevent benefit claimants taking their own lives, following the suicide of a young woman ... DWP dismissed both the coroner’s plea to take action, and the findings of an inquest jury which had concluded that ... who visited her after she reported the attempted rape early on 6 November, and further failings of the force and ...
Budget 2018
28 October 2018 | News
Summary of key budget points. If necessary, for example if there is no deal on ... are published. The amount that households with children, and people with disabilities can earn before their Universal ... to cover income-related elements of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance, and Income Support. ...