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16 July 2020
A survey of over 14,000 adults by the mental health charity Mind has revealed that existing inequalities in housing, employment, finances and other issues have had a greater impact on...
15 July 2020
Five disabled children have died by suicide in the last three months in Kent according to a report in The Guardian.
Sarah Hammond, the Children’s Social Work lead for Kent said that...
14 July 2020
DR UK is calling on the Department for Education to scrap the £200 charge disabled students need to pay towards their specialist equipment.
The All Party Parliamentary Group on...
14 July 2020
A disabled single mother has won a court case against the ‘No DSS’ rule implemented by thousands of private landlords across the UK.
For decades, landlords have been able to...
14 July 2020
Disabled people are not being listened to when it comes to exemptions from wearing face masks, DR UK has told the Minister for Disabled People, Justin Tomlinson MP.
In a letter to Mr...
14 July 2020
Disability Rights UK has written to the Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC, the Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice, the Rt Hon Priti Patel MP about its grave concerns about...
14 July 2020
A young woman who has Down’s Syndrome has been granted permission for Judicial Review of Norfolk County Council’s policy of charging people for essential care and support.
The 24 year-...
13 July 2020
The Minister for Disabled People Minister Justin Tomlinson has announced that the DWP’s current contracts for PIP and work capability assessments are to be extended for up to two years...
13 July 2020
The wife of a man killed when he failed to reach an emergency refuge area on the M1 has seen a groundswell of support from the disabled community as she seeks a judicial review into...
13 July 2020
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