{"id":3901,"date":"2021-11-17T10:37:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T10:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/?p=3901"},"modified":"2023-11-08T12:23:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T12:23:19","slug":"disabled-people-proven-to-have-faced-discrimination-during-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/news\/disabled-people-proven-to-have-faced-discrimination-during-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Disabled people proven to have faced discrimination during pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3901\" class=\"elementor elementor-3901\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb4f78c elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Disabled people<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7df946c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7df946c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">faced discrimination during Covid-19<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26c6a31\" data-id=\"26c6a31\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb90a54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A story that has caught the attention of the Direct Access team recently is that a judicial review case was filed against the work and pensions Secretary Therese Coffey based on the accusation that the government treats claimants of universal credit more favourably than the millions of disabled people in the UK who claim other means-tested benefits.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The case was put forward by four benefit claimants, who argue that the \u00a320-a-week increase to recipients of universal credit because of the pandemic discriminates against those receiving other benefits such as ESA (employment and support allowance) and JSA (jobseeker\u2019s allowance). Their lawyers are arguing that Coffey has perpetuated a \u201cradical and unprecedented departure\u201d from decades of social security policy. In addition, Coffey\u2019s actions were discriminatory under the European Convention on Human Rights.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If this court case is successful, it is possible that nearly two million disabled people in the UK will receive up to \u00a31500 in backdated payments.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When we consider the events of the past 20 months, where millions of people were out of work in addition to travel being rendered difficult for neurologically and physically disabled people, the fact that the benefits uplift did not include people with disabilities and single parents of disabled children is an outrageous injustice.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">During the pandemic, Direct Access created jobs for disabled people as a direct result of our growth in 2020, which saw us exporting our services to the U.S. for the first time. As well as providing PPE to independent business owners and securing contracts with the NHS during the height of the crisis. We also focused our efforts on hiring disabled people during this time because we understand that expenditure for disabled people is higher than the average person.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Furthermore, although increases in living costs across the board were unfortunate realities of the pandemic, with electricity and gas prices increasing, the Government\u2019s claim of \u201clevelling up\u201d has failed to offer support to people on legacy benefits who depend on them to survive. The fact that Coffey failed to do this at a time when statistics were demonstrating that 6 in 10 (59%) of COVID-19-related deaths were disabled people and her government was explicitly instructing vulnerable people to shield is completely unacceptable.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Direct Access would like to express full support to the demonstrators and allies who stood outside the high court in London last Wednesday where the case is currently taking place. These included the disabled campaigners from Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) and Disability Rights UK, who have supported the case and campaigned for the uplift to be extended to those on legacy benefits. Members of over 100 other organisations have also been present throughout the proceedings to support the case.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9e6cb4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9e6cb4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc1fab0\" data-id=\"fc1fab0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e728e73 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e728e73\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-88c3afb\" data-id=\"88c3afb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e53612 elementor-post-navigation-borders-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-navigation\" data-id=\"0e53612\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-navigation.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Post Navigation\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__prev elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/case-studies\/liverpool-university-hospitals-nhs\/\" rel=\"prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-prev\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-left\"><\/i><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Prev<\/span><\/span><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__prev--label\">Previous<\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__prev--title\">Royal Liverpool University Hospitals NHS &#8211; Accessibility Audits<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__next elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/news\/the-national-model-design-code\/\" rel=\"next\"><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__next\"><span class=\"post-navigation__next--label\">Next<\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__next--title\">The National Model Design Code<\/span><\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-next\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disabled people faced discrimination during Covid-19 A story that has caught the attention of the Direct Access team recently is that a judicial review case was filed against the work and pensions Secretary Therese Coffey based on the accusation that the government treats claimants of universal credit more favourably than the millions of disabled people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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