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Participants needed for research project examining how the benefits system has responded to Covid 19
08 June 2020 | News
... of Kent are carrying out independent research to explore how the benefits system nationally has responded to the ... help us understand the benefit system during the crisis, how well it has responded, and what could be changed to improve how it is working. The researchers are carrying out ...
Our Into Higher Education has been updated
20 March 2024 | News
Into Higher Education is a guide for anyone with a health condition, learning difficulty or disability thinking about studying in higher education ... as whether colleges or universities will be accessible, how to choose a course and what support will be available. ...
New JRF report says disabled people account for half of those in poverty
06 December 2016 | News
... to present a comprehensive picture of poverty in the UK. Disability Rights UK says that the report is a damning ... disabled people’s independence and standard of life. Disability Rights UK will continue to press for an end to ... . In addition, we will lobby for changes to PIP so that it does reflect the additional costs of disability and no ...
DR UK's Statement On Autumn Budget
30 October 2024 | News
... to recognise that Disabled people and those with long-term health conditions should be treated as valued members of ... spending to fund our crumbling public services, the budget doesn't give Disabled people the confidence that the ...
DR UK urges Secretary of State to launch independent inquiry into benefit related claimant deaths
31 May 2021 | News
... DWP activity such as termination of benefits and that mental health vulnerabilities were a contributing factor in 35 of ... deaths of benefit claimants and other serious incidents. However, these reviews are not routinely published and ...
BBC Panorama exposes abuse of patients
06 October 2022 | News
... suggests its core therapeutic mission is being corrupted. Mental health charity Mind have called for a full statutory ... public inquiry into systemic failings of inpatient mental health services across England. Vicki Nash, ...
LA Care Act implementation fails disabled people
13 October 2015 | News
Promoting choice and control? How the implementation of the Care Act by local authorities ... people The Independent Living strategy Group, of which Disability Rights UK is a member and In Control, has just ... needs are met and that independent living is being fundamentally undermined”. Jenny Morris, one of the authors of ...
DSA award conflicts of interest
12 March 2015 | News
... operating in the south-west; whether relationships between disability needs assessors, support providers and Plymouth University are costing the taxpayer money; and whether a larger than expected proportion ... of interests. In this case the Department needs to get a much better grip on its oversight of Disabled Students’ ...
Our Into Higher Education Guide has been updated
14 March 2023 | News
Into Higher Education is a guide for anyone with a health condition, learning difficulty or disability thinking about studying in higher education ... as whether colleges or universities will be accessible, how to choose a course and what support will be available. ...
DR UK welcomes NAO investigation of suicide monitoring of welfare benefit claimants
22 October 2019 | News
... about links between welfare reforms and declining mental health. The watchdog said it would call on the DWP to reveal ... lied about woman’s thoughts of suicide, recording shows Jodey Whiting failed by DWP says inquiry Chair of the ...