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DWP should not be responsible for helping disabled people into work
20 January 2019 | News
... (DWP) is the right place to start helping those with a disability or long-term health condition into work. About 4 percent of those on ... groups should be taken away from the DWP, who would just pay the benefit. Instead support would be provided by the ...
Government refuses to commit to keeping or extending the £20 week uplift to Universal Credit
24 November 2020 | News
... the most financial disruption as a result of the public health emergency. “As the Government has done throughout this crisis, it will continue to assess how best to support low-income families, which is why we ... calls from thousands of disabled people and every major disability charity in the UK to add a £20 per week uplift ...
Government to cut Rochdale housing association's £1m funding after Awaab Ishak's death
28 November 2022 | News
... Joanne Kearsley said RBH were not "proactive" and asked: "How in the UK in 2020 does a two-year-old child die as a result of exposure to ... to 7.9% of non-disabled people. Mikey Erhardt, from Disability Rights UK, said: "The housing sector is a ...
Government promises a ‘New Deal for Renters’
26 June 2022 | News
... fairer and more accessible for Disabled people. We will be paying close attention to this bill as it moves through parliament. As it stands, the whitepaper does not mention improving access to the disabled facilities ...
Student Days - A Memoir Piece on Personal Assistants
16 January 2024 | News
... of writing reminiscing on her student days, weaving in how important Personal Assistants can be for Disabled ... work in a carpet factory when I was doing my occupational health, as well as VD outpatients’ clinic and a secure ... weekend. Both Rick and I experienced the medical model of disability, however we lived the social model of disability. ...
PIP: walking through pain is not walking to an acceptable standard
28 July 2016 | News
... ‘push through pain’ in order to continue walking this does not mean that they are walking to an “acceptable standard” for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) purposes. The new judgment means that ... that while the appellant in this case had not succeeded in showing that he could not walk over 50 metres repeatedly or ...
Take part in important research and get a £40 voucher
11 June 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK is recruiting disabled people to take ... you have to do is come and talk to him / her. They’ll show you the materials, ask questions, and you’ll tell them ... of people and with a range of disabilities and long term health conditions - however the amount of interview slots ...
Work with us: Digital Content Officer
24 January 2023 | News
... people who identify as being LGBTQIA2S+; people who have a mental health condition; and people who identify as working class ... on DR UK and the post, the person specification, and how to apply. How to apply To apply, please send us your CV ...
Brexit Britain must not lose £2.4 billion investment in people
10 May 2017 | News
... employers to meet their skills and employment needs. View Disability Rights UK Research and Manifesto on Brexit We ... We have a strong economy and high employment. But there is much more to do for everyone to share in this prosperity and ... by ESF and other adult skills and employment programmes. However, we can invest differently and better. We have an ...
Disabled people make up two thirds of Coronavirus deaths - ONS
23 September 2020 | News
... . The data, covering the period from March to mid-July, shows that while disabled people make up 16% of the ... according to the ONS’ criteria for self-reporting disability, they made up 59.5% of all deaths from ... Act. It showed us just what government thinks, or rather, doesn’t think, of us. “Next week, Parliament debates the ...