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  • MPs hear adult social care evidence

    25 March 2014 | News

    The Public Accounts Committee is taking evidence the issues raised in the National Audit Office (NAO) report into Care for adults in England.

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  • Nine Remploy factories to close

    03 July 2013 | News

    ... Stirling, Clydebank, Leven and Cowdenbeath had no viable business bids and so are to close.  Packaging factories, ...

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  • Strategic partner updates for May 2013

    21 May 2013 | News

    ... of the commissioning cycle...    1. Demonstrating the business case Thus, the guidance lacks a clearly illustrated public sector business case and a comprehensive manual on how to go about ... achieved. www.england.nhs.uk/2013/04/15/cip-implementation/ Business Plan NHS England NHS England has published its ...

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  • DR UK response to SDG Voluntary National Review

    28 April 2019 | News

    Disability Rights UK submission to the Environmental Audit Committee inquiry on the Voluntary National Review of UK progress against the Sustainable Development Goals

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  • Universal credit: delivery causing unacceptable hardship

    25 October 2018 | News

    This Public Accounts Committee report finds that Universal Credit is causing unacceptable hardship and difficulties for many of the claimants it was designed to help.

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    The report concludes that:

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  • Support to move off Post Office card accounts

    23 October 2018 | News

    The DWP usually pays your benefits straight into a bank, building society or credit union account. 

    If someone can’t open or manage one of these accounts, DWP may pay their benefits into a Post Office card account (POCA). 

    DWP is working with a small number of people who use Post Office card accounts to find out: 

    • how people who use these accounts can be supported
    • if any people using these accounts can move to a bank, building society or credit union account 

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  • Minister questioned on Universal Credit and benefit sanctions

    26 June 2018 | News

    Following the highly critical National Audit Office report on the rollout of universal credit, the Work and Pensions Committee questioned minister Alok Sharma and others on benefit sanctions.

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  • DR UK welcomes the Govt review of 1.6 million PIP cases but...

    29 January 2018 | News

    Commenting on the announcement of the review into 1.6 million PIP cases, Philip Connolly, policy manager at Disability Rights UK said:

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  • Further education funding in crisis

    15 December 2015 | News

    Overseeing financial sustainability in the further education sector

    In its 13th Report of this Session, the Public Accounts Committee has voiced serious concerns about the financial sustainability and future of further education (FE) in England.

    The Committee calls for a more proactive approach in helping FE colleges prepare for the "significant financial challenges they face in the likely event of further funding cuts".

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  • Prezzo leaves Disabled man to eat in the rain

    05 October 2021 | News

    ... locked out of day to day life in public spaces because businesses fail to make the reasonable adjustments under the ...

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