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Government refuses to commit to keeping or extending the £20 week uplift to Universal Credit
24 November 2020 | News
... best to support low-income families, which is why we will look at the economic and health context in the new year.” ... the Government is ignoring calls from thousands of disabled people and every major disability charity in the UK ... million people shows government’s flagrant disregard for disabled people. “Yesterday at the APPG on Disability the ...
A Better Work Capability Assessment is Possible says Demos report
19 February 2018 | News
... possible.” The report has four parts a comparative study looking at how other countries conduct disability ... of the public, asking them detailed questions about both disabled people six focus groups with the public six focus ... is capable of work the WCA’s role in establishing if disabled claimants should be subject to conditionality and ...
Inspiring Stephen Hawking speech at Jack Ashley memorial event
13 March 2018 | News
Disabled people can do anything if they have a fierce will ... that his fame protected him from many of the indignities disabled people face but said that disabled jpeople can do ... concluded the evening thanking everyone for coming and looking forward to next year. Inspiring Stephen Hawking ...
DR UK calls for new assessment approach for PIP as Atos and Capita get £40m increase
04 February 2018 | News
... Their priority is profit, rather than what helps disabled people get the support they qualify for. It’s no ... with mental health conditions. The Government should be looking seriously at a new assessment approach, such as partnerships between qualified medical professionals and disabled people’s organisations. Until a robust assessment ...
In the making conference report
12 July 2016 | News
... to turn data into objects and objects into data – to disabled people in the neighbourhoods of Salford at a ... project was completely new. It was aimed at persuading disabled people to become members of the maker movement and ... your own ideas on what the content of a stage 2 bid should look like or indeed your own wish for your own organisation ...
DR UK statement on leaving the DCC
17 June 2021 | News
... been working on an internal strategy review. We have been looking at how we can work more deeply, with greater ... listening, and greater amplification of the voices of Disabled people. It became clearer than it had ever been at the start of the pandemic that the voices of Disabled people were in danger of becoming lost. Disabled ...
London's Poverty Profile 2015
20 October 2015 | News
London's Poverty Profile 2015 looks at how London has recovered from the recession in ... in London. 16% of the working-age population of London are disabled people, but 29% of the workless population are. In London as a whole, 51% of working-age disabled people are workless; 7% are unemployed and 44% are ...
Social care may face 21% cuts, warns Labour
13 May 2020 | News
... but dried up during the Coronavirus crisis, councils are looking to see where they can make cuts. Social care ... pledge to do more to protect older people and disabled people, particularly those in care homes. Now we ...
CQC Board appoints Ian Trenholm as new Chief Executive
01 May 2018 | News
... on the CQC website Ian has been Chief Executive of NHS Blood and Transplant since 2014. Having started his career in ... at a time of challenge for both health and social care. I look forward to working with the CQC team to build on the ...
Report on the Independent Living Survey 2016
17 November 2016 | News
... Strategy group, presents the findings of an online survey looking at what impact the Care Act is actually having on the day-to-day lives of disabled people living in England today. View report Key ...