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Join our focus group and get a £20 voucher
03 April 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK, working in partnership with a ... of people and with a range of disabilities and long term health conditions - however the size of the group is limited - we aim to come ...
20 metre PIP case allowed to go to court
02 May 2013 | News
... for full hearing of legal challenge to Government’s new disability benefit PRESS RELEASE 03/05/2013 The High ... did not have the chance to put their case and explain how devastating the consequences will be.” Jane Young, an ... their homes, isolated and unable to travel independently to health appointments, to work, to the shops or to social ...
DWP accused of 'rewarding failure' over 'extortionate' benefit assessors payouts
13 April 2017 | News
Private companies carrying out controversial assessments for disability benefits are set to bank millions of pounds more ... to carry out assessments for personal independence payments (PIP). The DWP said the assessment process for PIP ... value for the taxpayer. Analysis by the Press Association shows Atos and Capita have already been paid £578 million in ...
We demand Bristol Council withdraw draft plans to remove the right to at-home care
19 September 2023 | News
Disability Rights UK have slammed plans to remove the rights ... those of us from this group more often can’t afford to pay privately for carers, so rely more on social care ... have a human right to access support services and have as much choice and control over our lives as others, with equal ...
Disabled woman wins legal challenge against DWP over automatic benefit deductions
04 October 2022 | News
... of a person’s benefits to be paid direct to them, to repay debt that they say is owed, and to meet ongoing usage ... is the very least that they should have been doing. “However, the scheme remains inherently flawed, as it still gives decision-makers the power to determine how other people’s money is spent. “There is a ...
Poorest hit hardest by tax, social security and public spending reforms, Equality and Human Rights Commission reveals
16 November 2017 | News
... on this report, Kamran Mallick, chief executive of Disability Rights UK, said: “This report makes for grim ... changes since 2010. We have to come up with a system which doesn’t penalise people for being disabled.” David ... work for some time, but sadly they have refused. We have shown that it is possible to carry out cumulative impact ...
Centring Young Disabled People's Voices: DR UK's 2024 Conference!
27 November 2024 | News
For this year's annual Disability Rights UK conference, we focused on the theme of young Disabled people's voices and how to create a more representative, intersectional movement. Read on to learn more about how the event went, with all the speeches uploaded down ...
The Leadership Academy is recruiting delegates now!
15 November 2016 | News
... Link to video explaining more about the programme A fundamental tenet of Disability Rights UK’s attitude to leadership is that ... People with lived experience of disability and long term health conditions, need to work differently, and often think ...
95% of Atos and Capita PIP medical assessment reports unquestioned by DWP
09 August 2018 | News
New figures show that DWP Decision Makers are questioning only a tiny ... medical assessment reports. The statistics were obtained by Disability News Service (DNS) through a freedom of ... as to inaccuracy and omissions by Atos and Capita Health Care assessors have continually been made since PIP ...
Universal Credit budget reforms: too little to late
30 October 2018 | News
Disability Rights UK responds to Budget 2018 Despite the ... which advances will be recovered, from 12 to 16 months. However, while these changes may be positive all are subject ... with 48% finding it difficult to provide evidence for health conditions. It also found that only 1 in 3 of those ...