Disability benefit cuts 'changing things for the better' DWP’s Stephen Crabb says
Disability benefit cuts are among policies "changing things for the better", the new Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb has said.
28 May 2016
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Asda held a 'quiet hour' for autistic shoppers – now other shops are doing the same
An Asda superstore staged a "quiet hour" to help autistic and disabled shoppers over the weekend.
28 May 2016
Benefits cap to be slashed from £26,000 to £20,000 per family: Claimants told 'find jobs or your handouts will be cut'
Parents of families who rely on benefit handouts are being warned they must find work as their claiming limit will be slashed this autumn.
28 May 2016
Man With Down Syndrome Opens Cool Snow Cone Shack and Becomes Youngest Business Owner In His Town
Blake Pyron was born with Down Syndrome. Like all other mothers, who give birth to children with Down Syndrome, Blake's mother was told that her son wouldn't be able to do several things.
28 May 2016
Govt talks with DR UK and DBC on PIP mobility rules
Disability Rights UK welcomes the Government's agreement to hold urgent talks with us and the Disability Consortium on the fairness of the current PIP moving around descriptors. The public offer was made by the DWP Minister during a House of Lords debate on 4 may 2016 where the Lords voted to accept the following motion proposed by Lady Thomas of Winchester: "That this House calls on Her Majesty's Government to hold urgent talks with Disability Rights UK and the Disability Benefits Consortium to identify a mobility criterion in the Personal Independence Payment "moving around" assessment which is fairer than the current 20 metre distance, in the light of the impact on reassessed disabled claimants and the resulting large number of successful appeals." You can read a transcript of the Lords debate Disability Rights UK says: "Motability has reported that, to date, 45% of scheme users - over 13,000 - who have been reassessed from DLA have lost their Motability cars. It tells us that the number of DLA claimants l
17 May 2016
Google given access to London patient records for research
Google has been given access to an estimated 1.6 million NHS patient records, it has been revealed.
14 May 2016