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Disability Rights UK’s Head of Policy Fazilet Hadi said: “We are incensed and incredulous that the government is excusing Dominic Cummings’ needless travel, particularly as many people...
25 May 2020
The work of supermarkets, particularly their frontline staff, has been widely appreciated during the coronavirus crisis. However, disabled and older customers feel that supermarkets...
22 May 2020
The social media platform TikTok has been under fire for allowing users to post videos of themselves mocking people with autism by producing dances that feature traits such as stimming...
21 May 2020
Update on the Labour Market Status of Disabled People
On May 19th, 2020, the Office for National Statistics released its quarterly summary on the labour market status of disabled...
21 May 2020
Return to work guidance from Cloisters Chambers
A team of barristers at Cloisters Chambers have produced an extensive set of specialised guidance on returning to the workplace,...
19 May 2020
Leading figures from the disabled rights movement, voluntary sector organisations, and specialist clinical directors met with NHS England and NHS Improvement last week as part of an...
19 May 2020
Employers are denying disabled people paid leave to remain at home if they cannot show a government letter ‘proving’ that their impairments put them at greater risk of Coronavirus,...
19 May 2020
DR UK Head of Policy Fazilet Hadi has given evidence to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee on the serious challenges disabled people are encountering in shopping...
18 May 2020
The benefit system has undergone swift change due to the Coronavirus (covid-19) outbreak.
Most of these changes are detailed in our recently published Disability Rights Handbook 2020/...
15 May 2020
The Labour Party is warning that councils may have to brace themselves for cuts of around a fifth of their social care budgets. Its analysis is suggesting that local authorities may...
14 May 2020
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