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DR UK reaction to the Chancellor's Autumn Statement
17 November 2022 | News
... benefits in line with September’s inflation from April. Disability Rights UK, as part of the DPO Forum England, has ... gap for years due to a lack of meaningful increases. £150 doesn’t touch the sides. Fuel costs are set to continue to ... he will “protect the most vulnerable”. Today, he has shown that he is not willing to go far enough to make good on ...
80% of Disabled college children infected with contaminated blood died, Inquiry hears
23 June 2021 | News
A public Inquiry has heard how nearly 100 pupils at a specialist school for Disabled ... we just couldn’t understand why they were pushing us so much to have all these injections. “At the time we were ... An undated consent form allegedly signed by his mother was shown to the Inquiry. Webster said his mother had no memory ...
Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive
30 April 2024 | Opportunity
... people who identify as being LGBTQIA2S+; people who have a mental health condition; and people who identify as working class ... with a covering letter to tell us why you want the job and how you meet the requirements outlined in the person ...
Disability and Migration network condemns Rwanda Bill
23 April 2024 | News
... of Lords delaying and amending the bill many times. The Disability and Migration Network , a network made up of ... of Disabled people”, causes “trauma and preventable mental distress”, and makes us “feel like criminals” ... access our most basic human needs including food, housing, healthcare, and safety. During this cost of living crisis, ...
New Personal Health Budgets and NHS Continuing Health Care factsheet
09 July 2017 | News
If you have a primary healthcare need, you can receive free care and support funded by the National Health Service NHS to enable you to meet your healthcare ... a "continuing care package" if they have needs arising from disability, accident or illness that can't be met by ...
New payment for people on low incomes self-isolating in highest risk areas
26 August 2020 | News
... with high incidence of COVID-19 are to benefit from a new payment scheme. From 1 September, payments of up to £182 ... Pendle and Oldham to assess the performance consider how effectively vulnerable people have been reached, and consider how far it has helped reduce transmission of the virus in ...
I Can Make It activity and Ministerial support for the Social Value Act
20 July 2017 | News
... made by Penny Mordaunt the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work on 13 th July, in a speech to Localis , an ... and I’m committed to making this the way government does business by default, staring with DWPs own ... Rahul Tooray, our Champion for I Can Make It in Birmingham. However, we will be campaigning with the confidence that our ...
Government proposes SSP extension to those earning less than lower earnings limit
15 July 2019 | News
... has set out proposed new measures “to transform how employers support and retain disabled staff and those with a health condition". Under the new measures the lowest paid employees would be eligible for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) for the first time, while small businesses may be ...
Stop Benefit Deaths campaign launched
28 June 2020 | News
Eighteen leading charities and mental health organisations, including Disability Rights UK, Mind, ... were stopped. A recent report by the National Audit Office showed that the Department for Work and Pensions investigated ...
98% of British courthouses inaccessible
02 September 2020 | News
... 8% offer witness support/and or quiet rooms for people with mental health issues, only 10% offer dedicated children’s rooms, ... and only 16% are fully accessible for wheelchair users. However, 77% offer hearing loops and accept assistance dogs. ...