This briefing describes the ONS’s employment statistics for disabled people and the government’s programmes to support disabled people in work.
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Jun
The majority of deductions from benefits are for money owed to the Department for Work and Pensions itself. Evidence shows that the deductions applied are pushing people into hardship and driving them to access crisis support
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Jun
Jun
Independent evaluation finds scheme helped improve wellbeing, relationships and life satisfaction of children affected by parental alcohol use and conflict
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Jun
Jun
The UK’s weak income safety net is forcing millions into impossible choices over whether they put food on the table or heat their home. Our analysis shows that universal credit payments for single people over 25 are falling £890 a month short of the cost of living because rates are not benchmarked to a meaningful assessment of need.
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Jun
Jun
Unpaid carers aged 16-25 face potential homelessness unless their housing needs are urgently met in policy, a new report has warned.
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Jun
Jun
Entitlement to the housing costs element of Universal Credit or Housing Benefit when renting from, but not living with, a close relative.
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Jun
Jun
In spring 2023, the APPG on Poverty launched a short inquiry into the (in)adequacy of social security benefits, putting out a call for evidence then holding two evidence sessions. The first of these invited policy experts from think tanks, NGOs and academia, and the second focused on those with lived experience of the social security system.
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Jun
Jun
The first part of the Care Act 2014 drew heavily on the Law Commission’s review of adult social care. The review began in 2007 and its initial terms of reference did not even refer to carers or the notion of wellbeing but both came to feature heavily in the Act, illustrating that the Commission actively listened, particularly to carers’ voices. Placing informal carers on an equal footing with people drawing on care and the right to a carer assessment were significant breakthroughs in the Act.
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Jun
Jun
Disabled people earn less and have higher living costs on average than those who are not disabled, so it is unsurprising that the cost-of-living crisis has had more of an impact on disabled people.
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Jun
Jun
What benefits are included in the cap, how it is applied, and who is exempt