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How Membership Organisations Benefit from Self Service Portals
04 April 2022 | News
What is a self service portal?
Before we dig into the benefits, let’s start with the basics.
Disability costs must be covered before applying £30 ESA cut say MPs
02 February 2017 | News
Government must establish additional financial support for disabled people before introducing lower benefit rate, says Work and Pensions committee.
Sue Bott gives evidence to MPs on disability and the built environment
25 October 2016 | News
Disability and the built environment: what are the priorities?
View video of DR UK Deputy CEO Sue Bott giving evidence
Local authority social care responsibilities under the spotlight
09 June 2016 | News
Two parliamentary announcements this week have focussed attention on local authority’s ability to be able to support people with personal budgets and implement the Care Act.
The first is a report from the Public Accounts Committee that has been taking evidence and considering how well local councils are dealing with personal budgets. The committee has found that: -
Planning for the Better Care Fund
25 February 2015 | News
Public accounts Committee report: Planning for the Better Care Fund
This new report finds that, with the redesign of the Fund after April 2014, the priority has shifted from improving local services through integration to protecting NHS resources. It appears to the Committee that NHS spending was judged a higher priority than supporting adult social care.
BBC In Touch: Liz Sayce on Access to Work
06 January 2015 | News
... Liz recommended putting money from non-viable supported businesses into Access to Work. Some money has gone in but ...
Stories of Success from DR UK’s Leadership Academy
29 June 2023 | News
... a coach with her own international coaching and mentoring business and found much benefit to me both personally and ...
ULEZ changes for Disabled drivers announced
22 August 2023 | News
The ULEZ is the Ultra-Low Emission Zone, a traffic restriction scheme designed to improve air quality in the capital. ULEZ is being implemented to help improve air quality in London by reducing the amount of pollution that vehicles produce.
Labour Party: disability benefit reform 2015
21 August 2013 | News
... and radically changing the culture at their centres. In business a contractor failing like Atos would be given a ...
Energy impairment and disability inclusion: improving policies for welfare and work
26 April 2021 | News
... of the DRILL programme , supported by the Leeds University Business School, CERIC, LSSI, ESRC and published by the ...