Campaigning couples tell peers of barriers to justice
Two couples who have taken disability discrimination cases through the legal system have told a committee of peers about the barriers they have faced in trying to secure justice.
Two couples who have taken disability discrimination cases through the legal system have told a committee of peers about the barriers they have faced in trying to secure justice.
A Labour shadow minister is to travel the country to ask disabled people for their help in designing a 21st-century social security system.
Government plans to cut support for many disabled people on out-of-work benefits could harm their mental health and make it harder for them to return to work, according to a review led by a disabled peer.
Posted on December 7, 2015
IAIN Duncan Smith is being called upon by the SNP to "go back to the drawing board and start again" after a court ruling, which found that including the allowance given to carers in the UK Government's benefit cap discriminated indirectly against disabled people.
The Government would like to make it even harder for those who want to claim PIP. PIP has replaced DLA and people claiming DLA are now being shifted over to PIP. If you have received your notification of change then you must apply for PIP within the 4 weeks stated. If you don't your money will stop.