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Britain's low productivity rates are not due to disabled people
06 December 2017 | News
... overall productivity measurements." The problem is, there does not appear to be any evidence that this is actually the ... DR UK as our DRILL Research Programme Officer. The DRILL (Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning) is ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 @ ...
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 ...
Government Launches New PIP Assessment Review
14 May 2025 | News
... has now initiated a review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment process. The review was first muted ... shifts in the nature of long-term conditions and disability, as well as changes in wider society and the workplace. However, the Green Paper says that the review will be “a ...
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 ...