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Education

August 10, 2017 0

Ministers ‘failed to consider impact of rules that would cut university access’

Ministers have effectively admitted introducing a policy that will prevent many disabled students from entering higher education, without knowing how much money it would save or how many young disabled people would be affected. The admission came in response to a freedom of information (FoI) request that sought to clarify the potential impact of

Education

Lord Addington speaking in the House of Lords

August 3, 2017 0

Universal credit rules ‘could bar many disabled students from university’

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Many disabled students could effectively be barred from higher education because of the introduction of the government’s new universal credit, according to MPs and peers who have written to the minister for employment. The seven MPs and peers, all members of the all-party parliamentary group for disability, have joined the new chief executive of

Benefits and Poverty

June 1, 2017 0

BMA ‘will be complicit in future deaths’, after silence on ‘fit note’ rules

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Appalled disabled activists have warned the British Medical Association (BMA) that it will be “complicit” in the future deaths of patients, after the doctors’ union refused to speak out about “very dangerous” new benefit rules affecting severely-ill claimants. Disability News Service (DNS) reported last week how the rules can force people applying for the

Benefits and Poverty

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May 25, 2017 0

Activists ‘horrified’ by universal credit rules forcing sick claimants into work activity

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“Very dangerous” rules are forcing severely-ill people applying for the government’s new universal credit to look for jobs and take part in training, even though their GPs have said they are not fit for work, “horrified” disabled activists have warned. The rules – which have never been announced or publicised by the Department for

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Head and shoulders of Justin Tomlinson giving evidence to a parliamentary committee

January 8, 2016

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Councils could have to ‘pick up the pieces’ after scrapping of severe disability premium

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Councils could be left to “pick up the pieces” resulting from the government’s decision to ditch a means-tested premium for disabled people with high support needs, a shadow minister has warned. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has always made it clear that it plans to abolish severe disability premium (SDP) as part

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Ministers ‘failed to consider impact of rules that would cut university access’

Universal credit rules ‘could bar many disabled students from university’

BMA ‘will be complicit in future deaths’, after silence on ‘fit note’ rules

Activists ‘horrified’ by universal credit rules forcing sick claimants into work activity

Councils could have to ‘pick up the pieces’ after scrapping of severe disability premium