Based
on the advice and guidance given by Just Fair Consortium members during the 11th
July evidence gathering meeting, the Just Fair Consortium is currently working
with disabled people and DPAC to produce a report examining the right to independent living in the
austerity era.
Just
Fair will launch the report in the Houses of Parliament in late November
2013.
Within
this remit, the report will analyse the following issues:
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Personal Independence Payment (PIP);
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Under-occupancy penalty (“Bedroom tax”/”Spare room subsidy”);
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‘Benefit cap’;
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Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and the Work Capability Assessment
(WCA);
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Universal Credit;
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Cuts to social care; and
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Closure of the Independent Living Fund.
Disabled
people are leading on all elements of the research and advocacy work, including
selection of the report theme and sub-issues, submission of real-life
case-studies, contribution of hard-hitting statistical analysis and presentation
of testimony evidence at the November report launch.
DPAC
have sent Just Fair a number of reports and case studies. We will keep you
updated, in the meantime if you have anything you’d like included, please email
us at: mail@dpac.uk.net
The
Just Fair website can be found at http://just-fair.co.uk/
