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Children’s residential care provider to close 28 homes in one week
04 May 2023 | News
... is especially true for children with learning disabilities, mental health distress or neurodiversity – where changes can ...
DWP admits Access to Work is overwhelmed by workload but rejects meeting
24 August 2022 | News
... concerns in a regular meeting with the Cabinet Office’s disability unit, the DWP said it was recruiting and training ... up work are now treated as a priority, the department said. However, DWP does not have a public briefing to share and does not ...
Almost two-thirds of working age benefit claimants reported financial strain during first wave of Covid 19: new research report
22 February 2021 | News
... living and the amount of benefit they received. Findings showed that almost 60% of new benefit claimants and 43% of ... held up through the first wave of the pandemic, but fundamental issues remain in terms of the adequacy of payment ... of Covid-19: new Inclusion London research report Key health and care bodies say keeping and extending the £20 ...
We demand proactive EHRC on disability rights
11 July 2013 | News
Disability Rights UK challenges the Equality and Human ... to miss out on education, skills and work, and having much less choice over our day to day lives. We do not ... Where the commission has done useful pieces of work on disability equality - for instance very positive formal ...
Disability Rights UK responds to accessible railways report
24 February 2022 | News
... target in the sense that technology, our understanding of disability and, indeed, of accessibility is constantly ... said: “This report pulls no punches by saying that disability access is viewed as an expensive add-on within ... side-lined by the industry. “We are clear that the much needed changes have to acknowledge the importance of ...
It’s Time To “Stop the Witch-Hunt” Against Flexible Working, Says Coalition of Unions and Equality Campaigners
07 October 2024 | News
... recent weeks, we have seen relentless scaremongering about how new legislation on flexible working will harm UK ... at our public services. In the midst of a staffing crisis, health, education and social care workers are leaving due to ... to attack the government’s wider plan to Make Work Pay. It’s time we called it out. “Improving access ...
Access to work wait times leading to lost jobs
11 January 2023 | News
... Pensions policy. An employment advisor at Scope shared how these wait times are causing Disabled employees to lose ... 38,000 people were paid Access to Work grants last year. However, the average "clearance" time for applications ... employment as a Disabled person, but they also cause so much unnecessary distress. The Department for Work and ...
Care and Support Alliance Responds to Spending Review
03 September 2019 | News
... spending this autumn, as many had warned was likely. “However, the care system is in such bad shape that this new ... of sick and disabled adults, older people in declining health and family carers, and for our many dedicated paid ... its pledges.” Sue Bott, Head of Policy and Research at Disability Rights UK said: “Accepting that the Government ...
Ex-Health Minister denies responsibility for contaminated blood scandal
27 July 2021 | News
... which were found to be contaminated during his time as Health Minister. Around 3,000 people, many Disabled, died ... and hepatitis C in the 1970s and 1980s. Lord Clarke was the Health Minister between 1982 and 1985. He said information ... treatments patients were given. The Inquiry continues. Ex-Health Minister denies responsibility for contaminated blood ...
Disability Rights UK working with UCL Centre for Access to Justice
30 January 2018 | News
Disability Rights UK recently completed a training day with ... was really great, I think everyone who attended got a much better idea of means vs non-means tested benefits and a ... To learn more about training offered by Disability Rights UK please contact jason.jaspal@disabilityrightsuk.org Disability Rights UK working with ...