Press and Media 2014
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Our press and media releases are listed in the yearly archives on the left hand side of this page.
Our press releases for 2014 are listed below in subject order.
1. Independent living: getting a life
Disabled people’s contribution to the economy - 15 December 2014
Letters: The legacy of the Magna Carta - 10 December 2014
High Court upholds decision to close ILF - 8 December 2014
Autumn statement: Employing PAs concession - 3 December 2014
Contact a Family's Counting the Cost Campaign - 25 November 2014
Our view: Disabled passenger bus rights - 11 November 2014
7 Families: campaigning for social security and independent living support - 4 November 2014
Letter to the Times on Housing Standards - 31 October 2014
CQC criticises standard of care homes - 14 October 2014
Deprivation of Liberty safeguards - 8 October 2014
Select committee access to work report - 19 September 2014
We applaud Bristol Councils ILF vote - 17 September 2014
Making local communities inclusive - 11 September 2014
New report advocates rebranding residential care - 4 September 2014
Nicholas Russell obituary - 4 September 2014
1 in 4 fear future care provision inadequate - 1 September 2014
Caroline Gooding obituary - 12 August 2014
Most councils will not ringfence ILF resources - 7 August 2014
Our position on the ILF closure - 22 July 2014
Our independent living conference: looking forward - 22 July 2014
Govt statistics missing 1 million disabled people - 15 July 2014
We welcome Integrated Personal Commissioning plans - 10 July 2014
Making disabled peoples participation real - 5 June 2014
U-turn over human rights protection for home care - 25 April 2014
We oppose patient equipment charges - 17 April 2014
Future of the Disability Committee Decided - 14 March 2014
We demand review of local bus funding - 11 March 2014
DR UK statement on ILF closure - 6 March 2014
DR UK welcomes NHS care data delay - 19 February 2014
Gagging legislation becomes law - 31 January 2014
Philip Connolly looks forward to 2014 - 8 January 2014
Benefits
PIP independent review published - 17 December 2014
ESA and WCA Assessments: Government response - 1 December 2014
DWP WCA Maximus contract statement: Our response - 31 October 2014
DR UK condemns idea of cutting ESA - 30 October 2014
Disabled Students Allowance cuts could deter students - 12 September 2014
PIP 20 metre court case fails - 24 July 2014
Government in court over disability benefit changes - 9 July 2014
We say end over 65s PIP assessments - 7 July 2014
Our comment on benefits spending cap breach - 20 June 2014
PIP stats show broken system - 5 June 2014
Our response to bedroom tax appeal court judgement - 21 February 2014
Atos to lose WCA contract: our response - 19 February 2014
DR UK wants true reporting on WCA - 5 February 2014
Sport and leisure
Sport England helps disabled people access sport - 4 December 2014
Stopping disability hate crime
Some police forces failing to engage with DPOs on hate crime - 30 October 2014
2. Career opportunities – getting work, education and skills
Liz Sayce on BBC about access to work - 19 December 2014
Volunteer charter launched - 10 December 2014
MPs criticise work programme results - 6 November 2014
Our response: Paying disabled people less for work - 16 October 2014
IntoWork Convention 2014 - 19 September 2014
Vince Cable visits disability entrepreneurs - 8 July 2014
Liz Sayce on You and Yours - 11 July 2014
New guide aims to boost disabled apprentice numbers - 29 April 2014
Work programme still fails disabled people - 9 January 2014
