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Our view on boosting employment for disabled people
06 June 2016 | News
... a new approach to boosting employment for people with health problems and disabilities Resolution Foundation Launch event film - Disability Rights UK Policy and Development Manager Philip ... – covering coping strategies, sources of support and how to develop new skills where needed. Professor Dame Carol ...
European report says benefit levels inadequate
29 January 2014 | News
... European Committee of Social Rights has found that the UK does not conform to Article 12 of the European Social ... to Social Security, where it found that the situation in UK does not conform to the Charter on the ground that: the ... inadequate. The Committee wants the next report to indicate how the new UK welfare and pension reforms have affected the ...
Council cuts affect sustainability
06 June 2013 | News
... that the Department for Communities and Local Government does not properly understand the overall impact on local ... do enough work with other government departments to model how funding changes may adversely affect other areas of the ... about the viability of some of them. “The Department does not have a clear strategy for responding to and dealing ...
The University of Stirling to study the impact of place and stigma on older Disabled adults
23 August 2022 | News
... Place-based Ageing (ISPA)’ will investigate and identify how stigma related to age, disability, and where someone lives creates additional ... a UK-wide network of organisations from housing, health, social care and the third sector, to road test this ...
Clone of We're Hiring - Trustee Opportunity
01 July 2024 | News
... help strengthen the voice of Disabled people and support Disability Rights UK to continue to build the organisation ... of lived experiences including: learning difficulties, mental health conditions, neurodiversity, deafness, hearing ...
Clone of We're Hiring - Trustee Opportunity
01 July 2024 | News
... help strengthen the voice of Disabled people and support Disability Rights UK to continue to build the organisation ... of lived experiences including: learning difficulties, mental health conditions, neurodiversity, deafness, hearing ...
High Court judgment denies two million ESA claimants £20 per week uplift due to “justifiable” disability discrimination
22 February 2022 | News
... people and so was unjustified. The case was backed by the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) - of which DR UK is a ... each receiving a total of £1,500 benefit arrears. However, the High Court has ruled that the exclusion of ESA ... received the benefit. It is very hard to understand why not paying the same £20 to those on ESA and other legacy ...
General Election campaign fails to be accessible for Disabled people
05 June 2024 | News
... and announced the date of the 2024 General election. Many disability commentators and charities were quick to notice ... contained in a photo or graphic. There is also concern that much of the campaign literature popping through letterboxes ... and Pensions refused to release a report, which would have shown which of its websites and other digital services, ...
Jodey Whiting’s Death: A Tragic Reminder of DWP Failures Amidst New Threats to Disabled People’s Support
06 June 2025 | News
Our focus at Disability Rights UK is intensely on the current threats of ... Pring, whose work (including his book “ The Department: How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid ... but a matter of life and death. We demand: A Fundamental Culture Shift: The DWP must move beyond a ...
Ian Duncan Smith gives reasons for resigning
18 March 2016 | News
... were placed within a Budget that benefits higher earning taxpayers. They should have instead been part of a wider ... to the working age benefit bill. There has been too much emphasis on money saving exercises and not enough ... I hope as the government goes forward you can look again, however, at the balance of the cuts you have insisted upon ...