Stakeholder update says that an initial test phase from September 2026 will involve 3,000 cases across England and Wales to help understand claimant, operational and financial impacts before any wider rollout The DWP has confirmed that it plans to recommence the adult disability living allowance (DLA) to personal independence payment (PIP) transfer process for around … Continue reading “DWP to recommence transfer process for around 150,000 adult DLA claimants that are still in scope to be reassessed for PIP”
Author: Anne Pridmore
DR UK Responds to Timms Review on PIP
Disability Rights UK has submitted our response to the call for evidence by the Timms Review into Personal Independence Payment (PIP). You can read the full submission by downloading the PDF on the right. Our response has backed calls from the Lived Experience Social Security Commission for an Additional Cost Disability Payment (ACDP). The ACDP … Continue reading “DR UK Responds to Timms Review on PIP”
DWP collaboration committee con bodes ill for Timms review
PUBLISHED: 20 APRIL 2026 The recent Right To Try collaboration committee, which aimed to make disabled claimants feel safe trying work, appears to have been a con in which the DWP heaped praise on members for suggesting something that the department always intended to do. The fact that all that made it from the committee … Continue reading “DWP collaboration committee con bodes ill for Timms review”
Councils can provide financial support under Care Act for recreational activities and holidays:
A local authority has a power, as a matter of law, to provide financial support for recreational activities and holidays under section 18 of the Care Act 2014, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The case of BG & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v Suffolk County Council [2022] EWCA Civ 1047 (Lady Justice … Continue reading “Councils can provide financial support under Care Act for recreational activities and holidays:”
Surrey County Council at fault for providing inaccurate information, failing to remedy errors or deliver a finalised care plan
Leave a Comment / Delay and non-commissioning, Delay In General LGO, Direct Payments and Personal Health Budgets, Direct Payments LGO, Intro to Ombudsman reports RE Delay in General, Intro to Ombudsman reports RE Direct Payments / By Aidan Miller Date of decision: 09 February 2026 Summary Miss X, who was receiving direct payments, complained that … Continue reading “Surrey County Council at fault for providing inaccurate information, failing to remedy errors or deliver a finalised care plan”
Next week’s disability cuts will make people destitute – and you might not understand how bad they are until it’s too late Frances Ryan
The Guardian If new claimants don’t meet strict criteria, they’ll lose half of the health element of universal credit. Don’t ignore that: in life’s lottery, that could easily be you Look at the front pages or open a news app in the coming days and you’ll supposedly see the big events facing Britain. But here’s … Continue reading “Next week’s disability cuts will make people destitute – and you might not understand how bad they are until it’s too late Frances Ryan”
A weekly update on adult social care complaint decisions
Please note: our decisions are published six weeks after they are issued to councils, care providers and the person who has made the complaint. The cases below reflect the caselaw and guidance available at the time of issue and the individual circumstances of each case. Hertfordshire County Council (24 009 727) Summary: The Council was … Continue reading “A weekly update on adult social care complaint decisions”
Barking & Dagenham found at fault for an unlawful reduction of care hours and failure to disregard disability‑related expenditure
Leave a Comment / Care Planning, Budgets and Choice Rights, Care Plans and Cuts LGO, Carer LGO, Charging and financial assessment, Charging LGO, Failings to Assess, Reassess, Review LGO, Intro to Ombudsman reports RE care planning, and personal budgets, Intro to Ombudsman reports RE charging and financial assessment, Intro to Ombudsman reports RE Failings to … Continue reading “Barking & Dagenham found at fault for an unlawful reduction of care hours and failure to disregard disability‑related expenditure”
Louise Casey: England’s social care system faces ‘moment of reckoning’
Head of government-commissioned review says adult social care is held together by ‘sticking plasters and glue’ The Guardian England’s “creaking” adult social care system is confusing and impenetrable to the people that rely on it and held together with “sticking plasters and glue”, the head of a government-commissioned review has said in a withering critique. … Continue reading “Louise Casey: England’s social care system faces ‘moment of reckoning’”
Disabled woman put in nursing home against her will says she feels ‘betrayed’
Erica Witherington disability reporter BBC NEWS A 33-year-old disabled woman says she feels “betrayed, worthless and frightened” after being moved to a nursing home against her will. Lucinda Ritchie previously lived in her own adapted bungalow in Billingshurst, West Sussex. She was admitted to hospital with pneumonia last April, but 10 months later was not … Continue reading “Disabled woman put in nursing home against her will says she feels ‘betrayed’”