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DR UK's Statement Against Assisted Dying Bill Published In The Times
20 November 2024 | News
... choice to have control over the end of their lives. However, given the severe inequalities for Disabled people ... within society, especially relating to the quality of health and independent living support, we can no longer ... of assisting us to die. Kamran Mallick Chief Executive, Disability Rights UK The Times article can ve accessed ...
Claimants with severe disability premium prevented from claiming universal credit
31 January 2019 | News
... 2019 new regulations prevent those receiving the severe disability premium (SDP) in a working age benefit means ... has said that it will also introduce ‘SDP transitional payments’ for those eligible claimants who have already ... lump-sum payment to cover the period since they moved. However, there is no date at present as to when these ‘SDP ...
DWP’s Work Programme More Effective When It’s By Choice, Not Force
30 January 2024 | News
... last October, analyses the success of the Work and Health Programme (WHP), which was launched in England and ... and taking part was voluntary for those referred to the “disability group”. Researchers compared the results ... meant they were not able to focus on individuals as much as they might have wanted to.” Ken Butler, ...
Liz Sayce discusses Motability and PIP appeal delays
02 May 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK’s CEO Liz Sayce appeared on the Stuart Linnell show (BBC Radio Northampton) today. Listen to broadcast – ... there is very little wrongful claiming going on. There is a much bigger problem of the people who need Motability cars ...
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 ...
Liz Sayce speaks at Royal College of Psychiatrists
17 October 2013 | News
Liz Sayce argues anti-stigma work in mental health needs to be rooted in our rights. Liz, speaking at ... illness like any other’. A growing body of research shows that the idea of an illness of the brain makes the ...
Benefit cuts affect disabled people's independence
07 April 2013 | News
... start of the staged introduction of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) which will replace Disability Living Allowance. According to the government’s ... where everyone with lived experience of disability or health conditions can participate equally as full citizens. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Disabled MP’s jobs warning to government: ‘Do not under-estimate prejudice’
14 January 2016 | News
... the difficulty of achieving its aim of halving the disability employment gap, because of the extent of ... he warned that the “difficulty will come when those with much more complex needs that are more costly to address come ... DWP’s failure to follow up the event to find out how the companies implemented the good practice they had ...