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Celebrating All-party Parliamentary Group on Disability
03 June 2013 | News
... to support the continued success of the APPDG than now when disabled people face so many potential barriers ahead in the ... continued dedication to Parliamentary lobbying on behalf of disabled people in Britain, our legislation would no doubt ... numbers of observers attending the open meetings Is outward looking. It has led the way in bringing together disability ...
Disability Rights UK concerns over Access to Work - Letter to Minister for Disabled People
05 November 2012 | News
Letter to Esther McVey, Minister for Disabled People 6 November 2012 Today Liz Sayce, Chief ... programmes ( 1 ) , has written to the Minister for Disabled People to express serious concern at the slow ... Dear Esther It has been good to meet you recently and I look forward to working with you in your new role. I am ...
Pre-budget Statement From Disability Poverty Campaign Group
16 October 2024 | News
... will be ‘no return to austerity.’ But in relation to Disabled people, the plans announced so far look indistinguishable from it. 14 years of draconian cuts ... impact on our community. Most food bank users live in Disabled households . Many of us cannot heat our homes or ...
Severely Disabled man challenges removal of PIP after 28 days in hospital
18 July 2021 | News
Cameron Mitchell, a severely Disabled man is challenging a rule which halted his PIP ... Carer’s Allowance. The benefits enable the family to look after Cameron, which they must continue to do while he ... such a way as to unlawfully discriminate against severely disabled individuals whose essential care needs cannot be ...
Apply now to become a trustee of Disability Rights UK
27 July 2022 | News
We are disabled people leading change, working for "Equal Participation for All" and we are looking for new Trustees to join our board. Are you passionate about equal participation for all disabled people? Do you have the skills to be a Trustee? Can ...
Report into Magistrates’ Courts reveals shocking levels of inaccessibility for Disabled Magistrates
21 June 2023 | News
... action to remedy the everyday indignities and obstacles disabled magistrates face. The Magistrates’ ... inclusive justice', driven and supported by its network of disabled magistrates, makes for truly shocking reading. It ... part of the building, and not being able to use hearing loops, are a devastating indictment of the current court ...
134% increase in deaths of people with learning disabilities during pandemic
02 June 2020 | News
134% more disabled people with learning disabilities have died during ... were 165 deaths. In a statement, the government said it was looking at how to "protect those most at risk". The CQC ... population. We said at the beginning of the pandemic that disabled people must not be allowed to become cannon fodder. ...
Disabled fans injured at Euros cup final as fans storm stadium
15 July 2021 | News
... at Sunday’s EUFA European Cup Final, as they used Disabled access doors to rush the stadium in an attack ... of Kian told The Guardian how serious problems began when a disabled access door was twice kicked in by stewards trying ... user at the match, told The Guardian that “all hell broke loose” as stewards tried to hold back dozens of ticketless ...
ONS Releases Data on Disabled People
01 December 2019 | News
Office for National Statistics Releases Data on Disabled People in the UK Today (December 2) the Office for ... released a series of datasets exploring the experience of disabled people in the UK, drawn from existing surveys and ... country, age, sex and impairment type. There is a lot to look at, but we have created several graphs to visualise ...
Government must raise sick pay rate to living wage, urges disability charities and trade unions coalition
13 October 2022 | News
... its pay rate being raised to the living wage and scrap loopholes that penalise low-paid workers. As well as DR UK, ... Finally, this leads to people not being able to look after their health and wellbeing, and focus on getting ... to build a sick pay system our country can be proud of. We look forward to your response.” A full copy of the ...