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It is impossible not to have been shocked and dismayed by the situation unfolding in Ukraine in the past week. Ukraine has a reported Disabled population of nearly three million people...
03 March 2022
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ignored leading academics after they published “hugely alarming” research that linked the work capability assessment with 600 suicides in...
28 June 2022
The Government’s “failing” and “pseudo-scientific” benefits assessment system is increasing disability poverty and worsening claimants’ mental health, the Disability News Service...
28 June 2022
After a long three-year wait, the government finally released its “New Deal for Renters”, the fairer private rented sector whitepaper, last week.
1.7 million Disabled people in the UK...
27 June 2022
We’re Recruiting – DPO Development Manager
Disability Rights UK (DR UK) is excited to launch our Disabled People's Organisations (DPO) Capacity Building Programme. This...
17 June 2022
See below letter Disability Rights UK have sent to the Times Editor alongside Grenfell United and Claddag.
Letter to The Times Editor
Grenfell, 5 years on
Sir,
This week marks the...
13 June 2022
Responding to a survey, hundreds of Disabled football fans have described how they have been subjected to offensive songs or chants, verbal abuse and other discriminatory behaviour...
10 June 2022
As part of a plan to grow the game, the 2022 Football Association (FA) Disability Cup will see six cup finals scheduled across the weekend, delivered by The FA in partnership with a...
10 June 2022
On 9 May 2022, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) began its compulsory ‘managed migration’ process of moving around 2.6 million ‘legacy benefit’ claimants over to Universal...
08 June 2022
Minister for Disabled People Chloe Smith has given a preview of welfare reforms due to be announced in a summer 2022 Government White Paper.
In July 2021, the Government published a...
08 June 2022
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