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A consortium of Disabled Persons Organisations (DPOs) including The National Federation of the Blind UK (NFBUK) and Disability Rights UK is calling on the BBC to keep its Red Button...
20 January 2020
Financial Times analysis finds large increase in disability employment discrimination cases
An analysis of cases being brought to employment tribunals published by the Financial Times ...
20 January 2020
A government error saw 5,000 chronically ill and disabled people die before they could receive benefits they were entitled to.
The error occurred when they were switched over from...
20 January 2020
National Apprenticeship Week 2020 takes place 3 to 9 February 2020.
This annual celebration of apprenticeships will bring the whole apprenticeship community together to celebrate the...
14 January 2020
A lack of adaptations by travel-related businesses has led to half of all disabled people feeling they cannot fly according to a survey of disabled people by Which? Travel and the...
14 January 2020
A council wrongly reduced a disabled man’s personal budget by capping respite payments at the equivalent cost of residential care, despite this being an unsuitable way of meeting his...
13 January 2020
Around 102,000 DLA claimants have lost their Motability vehicles after PIP reassessment. In its recent newsletter, Motability says: “The number of Motability Scheme customers leasing a...
13 January 2020
The family of Jodey Whiting who died after her benefits were stopped has written to the Attorney General to request his consent to apply to the High Court for a fresh inquest into her...
08 January 2020
How long will it be before disabled people can travel on any train?
It's not going to happen anytime soon even though the rail industry has had ten years and arguably 25 years since...
02 January 2020
The DWP’s Change Director General, Neil Couling, has indicated to social landlords that changes to the Universal Credit (UC) rental payment system will be rolled out next year.
In a...
20 December 2019
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