Published: October 23, 2014
The Tax Disc is no more:
The Tax Disc is no more: You may have heard that from 1 October 2014, the DVLA will no longer be issuing tax discs. Instead the DVLA will have…
News
Published: September 18, 2014
Autumn LCiL news
The LCiL Newsletter Autumn 2014 is hot off the press, containing articles on the Care Charge Petition, Independent review of Personal Independence Payment and a survey on how to improve the…
Published: September 16, 2014
Personal Independence Payment report
Last month Grapevine, LCiL’s information and advice service, jointly hosted a consultation event with Inclusion Scotland to hear what people’s experiences have been of claiming the replacement disability benefit Personal…
Published: September 16, 2014
A Vision for an Inclusive Scotland
Inclusion Scotland has published A Vision for an Inclusive Scotland. Over the summer, Inclusion Scotland consulted disabled people at a series of events and using an online survey. We asked:…
Published: September 5, 2014
Non-residential social care charges Petition Update
The petition in the name of Jeff Adamson on abolition of non-residential social care charges for older and disabled people has been formally lodged with the Parliament published on the…
Published: September 5, 2014
Scottish Parliamentary Internships For Disabled Graduates
Scottish Parliamentary Internships For Disabled Graduates Payment: UK Living Wage of £7.65 per hour Accountable to: Host MSP or, in their absence, a member of their office team Contract: 35…
Published: August 29, 2014
Grapevine publications updates
The list of care agencies has been updated and expanded upon. If you would like an up to date copy, please contact Grapevine using one of the options below: Tel:…
Published: July 25, 2014
Have you been affected by sanctions?
Statistics from the UK Government’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show a 65 per cent rise in the number of disabled people receiving sanctions for jobseeker’s allowance between 2009…