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Indignity of disabled man waiting 2 years for home adaptations
07 May 2018 | News
... opposed to widening the staircase. Speaking on the radio show, Elliott and Toni at breakfast, DR UK CEO Kamran Mallick ... these problems and that this is not an isolated case. It shows you that, where someone is in inappropriate housing, not only does this impact on their personal dignity but also affects ...
Work and Pensions Committee Calls For Delay To PIP and UC Green Paper Reforms
28 May 2025 | News
... saying that proposed changes to personal independence payment (PIP) and universal credit (UC) should be delayed. ... analysis of the impact of the proposed cuts in UC health support on employment, poverty and health outcomes. “We also urge the Government to delay ...
The new Government's approach to disability
15 July 2024 | News
... for Disabled people, wouldn’t be given the job of disability minister, it now appears that there won’t be a dedicated disability minister in Keir Starmer’s government. Since ... in government has the authority and focus to bring about much needed systemic change. 15 July 2024. Fazilet Hadi The ...
PIP, DLA and AA end in Scotland from 2021
04 March 2019 | News
Scottish consultation: Building better Disability Assistance benefits. Find out more Consultation ... people with lived experience of disability benefits about how the system can meet their needs. Disabled Assistance in ... awards with no set end points and those with fluctuating health conditions will not face additional reviews due to ...
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 ...
Olympic legacy puts more disabled in sport
21 July 2013 | News
... legacy across a number of commitments including: sport and healthy living, the regeneration of east London, bringing ... the Paralympic legacy and economic growth. The report shows strong progress against all the legacy commitments ... It is written by and for people with lived experience of disability or health conditions, to inspire involvement in ...
DWP Reduces Support For Universal Credit Claimants Due To Work Coach Shortage
02 April 2025 | News
... practice from those that are doing well, as well as improve how it measures and reports outcomes, with metrics covering ... an and provide an additional £1 billion employment health and skills support package to help Disabled people ... and gain employment. “This is far less than billions of disability benefit savings proposed in its Green Paper. ...
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, ...
We say Atos quits but problems remain
26 March 2014 | News
... Personal Independence Payment (the replacement benefit for Disability Living Allowance). The poor and incompetent ... wrongly found fit for work as well as documented deaths. However, we are worried by the fact that ATOS staff will ... four “independent” reviews have failed to evaluate fundamental flaws in the WCA such as the lack of any known link ...