Research opportunity with the Disability Benefits Consortium

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‘Unacceptable’ new figures show rejections of Access to Work claims have shot up this year Ministers have been forced to admit that the proportion of Access to Work claims they are rejecting has leapt by more than a fifth this year, with disabled campaigners describing the figures as “un…

Ministers have been forced to admit that the proportion of Access to Work claims they are rejecting has leapt by more than a fifth this year, with disabled campaigners describing the figures as “unacceptable” and “clearly worrying”.
#DWP #AccessToWork
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(It matters not who owns the company and where they are from) it's just wicked, just wrong, to make profits like this from SEND schools.

To all who think capitalism can drive progressive change, it won’t – and here’s the shocking proof | Polly Toynbee Asset manager Aberdeen’s surprise cut to funding research into inequality has left those that used its grants for good work reeling, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Just in case anyone hasn't yet read this today...thinfs getting lost in a chronological timeline.

A huge, huge error by Aberdeen, and loss for funders, practitioners, policy makers, and mostly for people on the sharp end of poverty and economic instability
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Getting a bit fed up with health professionals telling me there is 'no care package' for my parents, when I am standing right there, and I am their carer.

Language and words matter.

Right back at you - full of admiration.

The 'Discharge Summary' is a wild ride, I find. Sorry to hear your mum had a heart attack, good that she is doing well. I've coped by (luckily?) being able to uproot myself to stay in my parents home to care for them. Sometimes it feels a privilege to spend time with them, other times it's hard.

Legal Aid Agency data breach An update following a cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency’s online digital services.

Good grief. "This data may have included contact details and addresses of applicants, their dates of birth, national ID numbers, criminal history, employment status and financial data such as contribution amounts, debts and payments."
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Ronja the Robbers Daughter is lovely. With subtitles for maximum charm. Very calming.

Everything looks beautiful this morning and I have half a buttered Chelsea bun in my bag.

I still fondly remember BERT.

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Lawyers! We’re now getting ++ emails a week asking us to attend & report on family court hearings (as legal bloggers). We’re a v small team of lawyers who do this work in our own time. We can’t meet demand alongside our other personal/professional commitments. Please get in touch if you can help!

Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner to be abolished in major shake up - Free Movement The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, or OISC as we all call it, is to be abolished in the new year. It will be replaced by a new-look

In case you missed it: Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner to be abolished in major shake up | Colin Yeo https://freemovement.org.uk/office-of-the-immigration-services-commissioner-to-be-abolished-in-major-shake-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=office-of-the-immigration-se…