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Lying-in-State not accessible to Disabled people – DR UK
13 September 2022 | News
... people for Her Majesty the Queen’s Lying-in-State, Disability Rights UK CEO Kamran Mallick said: “Given the ... for Disabled people is to create an inexcusable barrier to paying respects to the Queen for the fifth of the population which is Disabled. “How ironic that our Monarch should sign the Equality Act ...
John Harris article on residential care - DR UK says it is 'torture'
18 February 2020 | News
... and treatment of learning disabled people and people in the mental health system as part of the civil society report to the UN ...
Train Service Disruptions Continue
04 December 2024 | News
... replaced by a better cooperation between TOCs and unions. However, following this, it was reported from Northern Rail ... This impasse has been a long term excuse for years now and does impact most heavily on Disabled people who try to plan ...
Peer support could boost work prospects for disabled people
23 May 2016 | News
... release Peer support for employment: a practice review – Disability Rights UK Peer support for employment: a practice ... for the need to build a stronger evidence base on where and how peer support can work, and for whom. DRUK’s chief ... that boost employment and career prospects. Karen Steadman, health and work research and policy lead at The Work ...
DR UK responds to the Curriculum and Assessment Review
26 November 2024 | News
Disability Rights UK has responded to the Curriculum and ... into GCSE and A-Level assessments with the aim of exploring how much could be assessed in other ways – e.g. coursework, ...
Disability Poverty Campaign Group launched
07 April 2022 | News
This week sees the launch of the Disability Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG), a new coalition ... endure a constant worry about money which has a devastating mental and physical impact. Poverty in 2022 in a first world ... and are interested in getting involved, email dan.white@disabilityrightsuk.org . Disability Poverty Campaign Group ...
Around 1 in 2 Universal Credit claimants have benefit deducted to repay an Advance Payment
12 June 2019 | News
... 2 (44%) of Universal Credit claimants have a deduction to repay an Advance Payment, Employment Minister Alok Sharma has ... from StepChange Debt Charity and the Trussell Trust shows that Advance Payments – the loans people can apply ... credit reforms will not end food bank use available @ www.disabilityrightsuk.org Five weeks too long available @ ...
The Paulley case explained
19 January 2017 | News
... technical knowledge and experience in discrimination and disability law, mental health law, privacy and information law, administrative law ...
High Court rules arrangements for helping blind voters are unlawful and parody of the electoral process
07 May 2019 | News
... its judgment, the High Court said: “A device that does no more than enable blind voters to identify where on a ... “The right to vote independently and in secret is fundamental to any democratic society and it is extremely ... to help you find out more about the Equality Act and how to fight discrimination. Go to our Right to Participate ...
Govt statistics missing 1 million disabled people
14 July 2014 | News
... of poverty to parliament at the meeting of the All Party Disability Group from 5 pm to 7pm on Tuesday July 15th in ... is underestimated in the UK, international comparison shows that disability poverty in the UK is relatively high ... (rather than making the system less accessible, which does not improve employment), if we provided better ...