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Green Paper & consultation on transforming employment prospects for disabled & ill people
Disability Rights UK blog post, 2 November 2016: Improving Lives: The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper This green paper sets out the government’s proposals on ways to halve the disability employment gap disabled people and people with long-term health … Continue reading
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Tagged consultation, Department of Work and Pensions, disability, Disability Rights UK, disabled jobseekers, DWP, employment, Green paper
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Dramatic fall in numbers placed in ESA support group
Disability UK blog post, 26 September 2016: Dramatic fall in numbers placed in ESA support group Disabled people placed in the support group following a new ESA claim fell by 42% in the three months up to March 2016, according … Continue reading
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Tagged Disability Rights UK, Employment and Support Allowance, ESA, support group, WCA, Work Capability Assessment
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WCA tests “significantly” biased against poorer disabled people
Disability Rights UK blog post, 10 August 2016: WCA tests “significantly” biased against poorer disabled people ESA work capability assessment (WCA) tests are “significantly biased” against claimants in poor areas of the country, according to new research. The Guardian today … Continue reading
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Tagged Disability Rights UK, disabled people, Employment and Support Allowance, ESA, Guardian, Poverty, WCA, Work Capability Assessment
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Higher education guide for people with a health condition or disability
Disability Rights UK blog post: Our Into Higher Education guide can help you. Into Higher Education is a guide for anyone with a health condition, learning difficulty or disability, thinking about studying in higher education starting September 2016. This guide aims … Continue reading
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Tagged disability, Disability Rights UK, disabled students, education
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DWP agrees to set target for benefit underpayments
Disability Rights UK blog post, 8 Aug 2106: DWP agrees to set target for benefit underpayments The Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee, Frank Field MP, has welcomed the DWP’s change of heart on a target for benefit underpayments. … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefits, Department of Work and Pensions, Disability Rights UK, DWP, Frank Field
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1 in 10 businesses unable to support a disability or health condition
Disability Rights UK blog post, 8 Aug 2016: 1 in 10 businesses unable to support an employee with a disability or health condition Increasing the number of disabled people in employment must be a “national priority” New research has found … Continue reading
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Tagged Disability Rights UK, employment, reasonable adjustments
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PIP: walking through pain is not walking to an acceptable standard
Disability Rights UK blog post, 29 July 2016: PIP: walking through pain is not walking to an acceptable standard A significant new legal judgment holds that while someone may ‘push through pain’ in order to continue walking this does not … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefits assessments, Disability Rights UK, Personal Independence Payment, PIP
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Opportunity for disabled people to help hold Government to account on its record on disabled people’s rights
Disability Wales blog post, 26 July 2016: Opportunity for disabled people to help hold Government to account on its record on disabled people’s rights In 2017 the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be examining the UK’s compliance with … Continue reading
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Tagged Disability Rights UK, Disability Wales, disabled people, UK government, UNCRPD, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
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DBC seek PIP 20 metre case studies
Disability Rights UK blog post, 5 July: DBC seek PIP 20 metre case studies The Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC), of which Disability Rights UK is a member, is collating a dossier of anonymised case studies on PIP to support its … Continue reading
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Tagged 20 metre case studies, DBC, Disability Benefits Consortium, Disability Rights UK, Personal Independence Payment, PIP
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