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TUC Slams “Zero Progress” on Disability Pay Gap in Last Decade
14 November 2023 | News
New analysis shows pay gap between non-disabled and disabled workers is now 14.6% – higher than it was a ... regional and industrial disability pay gaps The analysis looked at pay data from across the country and found ...
Disability Rights UK Research and Manifesto on Brexit
20 April 2017 | News
... UK has been researching the possible impact of Brexit on disabled people’s rights. This has included looking at UK laws that have a basis in EU law and what ... avoid aspects being lost or changed to the disadvantage of disabled people. We held a roundtable in March 2017 , ...
Disability cuts will be kicked into the long grass
18 March 2016 | News
... Duncan Smith. [ Source: ITV ] Planned cuts to benefits for disabled people are expected to be "kicked into the long ... need to take time and get reforms right, and that will mean looking again at these proposals. It is not an integral part ...
Disability Rights UK’s challenge to the tech industry- how tech can get more disabled people moving!
13 June 2018 | News
“Disabled people are the experts in what they can and can’t ... and panel debate member for FutureFit - a one day event looking at how the tech industry can get more people active. ... Out Get Active Peer Support Project faced around linking disabled people with one another to offer support and how ...
Two new blogs on the experiences of disabled people in institutions
01 December 2015 | News
As part of Disability History Month, our blogs today look back at the experiences of disabled people in institutions. Institutions have long been a feature of the ‘care’ of disabled people, and it is only in very recent times that ...
Young disabled people wanted to help smash employment barriers
21 June 2016 | News
I Can Make It is looking for young people with disabilities and long term ... to help improve the career prospects of thousands of young disabled people nationwide, then e-mail leo.capella@disabilityrightsuk.org . Young disabled people wanted to help smash employment barriers ...
Disability employment gap narrows slightly but still wide
02 July 2018 | News
... inactive. These people were not in work and not looking for work. The economic inactivity rate for those ... on Disability offers Government a plan to support a million disabled people into work. See also our response to the ...
Disability Rights UK CEO calls for restoration of human rights for disabled people, as 1922 Committee Chair tables Coronavirus Act democracy amendment
27 September 2020 | News
... of a democratic voting process, the Coronavirus Act denies disabled people their human rights by overriding provisions ... that it is permissible, to reduce care and support to their disabled citizens. The councils that have formally switched ... infection rates rise and the likelihood of a second wave looms ever closer, we call on MPs from all parties to ...
Parliament Sets up Cross Party Group on Disability - 2025
15 May 2025 | News
... are informed by the lived experience and expertise of Disabled people. The secretariat for the group will be ... a critical moment for defending and improving the rights of Disabled people. “Disabled people are being hit hard by ... needs of disabled people to the centre of Westminster. I look forward to working with colleagues to further this ...
How Did We Get Involved In The Disability Rights Movement? DR UK Staff Blog Series! Part One
31 July 2024 | News
... access. Jodi ensured that the team tested the site with Disabled users and accessibility experts, and implemented ... to champion cultural digital projects involving Deaf and Disabled people across the museum and heritage sector. ... Health Resistance Network, Reclaim Bedlam and East End Loonies, which inspires his own organising and experiences ...