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Government Calls for Evidence to Address Accessibility on Buses
14 June 2023 | News
... having been issued with an accessibility certificate. However, the widespread availability of accessible public transport does not mean that all passengers feel equally confident in ... (for example, those with autism) when using PSVs; and how well the Public Service Vehicle Access Requirements ...
PIP failings risk disabled people’s independence
16 August 2015 | News
... approach Citizens Advice for help Personal Independence Payment (PIP) has overtaken Employment Support Allowance ... came to the charity for help with the benefit. Figures show 11,500 people sought guidance from Citizens Advice about ... following independent.co.uk article - One in four claiming disability benefits faces serious difficulties including ...
Universal Credit Failing Millions says House of Lords Committee
30 July 2020 | News
... the Universal Credit system. This follows an inquiry where Disability Rights UK provided written evidence and ... standard allowance in response to the Covid-19 pandemic shows that the previous level of awards was too low. The ... nature of the Universal Credit sanction regime, which does not help people into work but is the cause of ...
DR UK comments on the government response to the Taylor review
12 February 2018 | News
... “The recommendations were not in the main specific to disability except for the right to return to work following ... to statutory sick pay (SSP), although improvements in health and well-being at work are clearly related. “There ... (e.g. through the extension of flexible work, pages 42-43). However, enhancing equality appears only to be one of a ...
Two-thirds of frontline DWP staff don’t have enough time to handle safeguarding concerns carefully and correctly
21 June 2024 | News
... part, including hundreds who work in job centres. They show that: 67% of DWP staff who had direct contact with ... has a duty to safeguard “vulnerable people”, and if it does not, whether it should. Only last month , the DWP ... the hands of work coaches . “This could only endanger the health, safety and wellbeing of disabled claimants. ...
Advance and KeyRing merge
02 April 2014 | News
... local networks for people with learning disabilities and mental health problems, are merging this month (April). Tim Cooper, ... chances of people with learning disabilities and those with mental health problems.” Karyn Kirkpatrick, chief ...
Making local communities inclusive
10 September 2014 | News
Inclusive Communities Disability Rights UK has published new materials on making ... and politically. These inclusive communities have better health, improved economic development, stronger political ... people to create inclusive regeneration developments and much fairer responses to hate crime – and more. But often ...
Austerity cuts killed tens of thousands from 2010 onwards
21 October 2021 | News
... in BMJ Open found that the joint impact of cuts to healthcare, public health and social care since 2010 found ... government makes noises about a move back to austerity to pay for Covid measures, it needs to stop and think about the ... is inhumane. The Chancellor has recently spoken about how inhumanity can rob us of the people we love the most. ...
Disability Benefits Without the Fight campaign launched: the right to request an appropriate medical assessor
29 September 2021 | News
Scope has launched a Disability Benefits Without the Fight (#WithoutTheFight) ... for Work and Pensions, signed by DR UK and several other disability organisations says: “When applying for ... far too many disabled people get assessed by someone who doesn’t understand their condition. Disabled people are ...
Ethos Disabled Students Guide
07 February 2018 | News
... have also fact-checked information regarding benefits with Disability Rights UK, which means that you can be confident it's correct. Much of the other content included in the guide comes from ...