Current campaigns – act now

The Judge in the Access to Work cap case has today said that he did not think the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) was breached.

The Social Market Foundation is currently undertaking a major research project looking at benefit sanctions in the United Kingdom. Respond to their call for evidence to get your views and perspectives on sanctioning heard.

Read the Local Government Association’s new green paper on adult social care, and then submit your views.

We joined DPAC, ROFA and other DDPOs for a week of action around the ‘Global Disability Summit’ hosted by the UK Government. An International Solidarity Summit was organised to coincide with the event, to highlight the hypocrisy of the UK government, who are themselves in breach of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Inclusion London is sending written evidence to the Social Security Advisory Committee’s consultation on proposals to move all people claiming working age income-related benefit to Universal Credit (UC). 

Do you use the government’s statistics on the levels fraud and error in the benefits system? They are currently seeking views on how often they publish these, the benefits they measure and the breakdowns they publish.

The NHS is looking to reduce the number of interventions they do that don’t always work, and are consulting on how to do this.

The Universal Credit (UC) system needs to be fixed – the system can push disabled people, families, and other groups into debt. Data from Trussell Trust foodbanks reveals that foodbanks in areas of full Universal Credit rollout for 12 months or more have seen a 52% increase in need, compared to 13% elsewhere.

We note the global disability summit being held in London at the end of July. We are strongly in favour of international support that improves the lives of Deaf and Disabled people across the world. We also have a number of concerns about the summit.

The All Party Parliamentary Group  (APPG) on hate crime is running an enquiry. The APPG is interested to hear from experts, practitioners, victims and their representative organisations, as well as academics and others with an interest in and knowledge of the topic.