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Government fails to restore disabled people’s rights
30 September 2020 | News
... rights of disabled children to education support. Over 100 disability and human rights organisations and over 500 ... joined by 28 peers, wrote to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, asking for full Care ... care under any circumstances. It is a dire indication of how this government, on the verge of releasing its National ...
MPs publish report that aims "to take an axe to the root causes of destitution" in the UK
10 July 2019 | News
... and hungry”. The MPs recommend that: Universal Credit payments should begin within a week of registering for the ... people where they could lead to homelessness, worsening health outcomes, or where children or dependents are ... involved. People undergoing assessments for sickness and disability benefits should be seen, wherever possible, by ...
Bedroom tax: size matters sometimes
15 December 2014 | News
... who uses a bedroom to store important medical equipment. However the decision does say that the size of a room may be important when ...
JETS scheme to help jobless overlooks disabled claimants
05 October 2020 | News
... offering a range of help, including specialist advice on how people can move into growing sectors, as well as CV and ... group’. So JETS excludes those UC claimants with a disability or long term health condition who have ‘a limited capability for ...
Apprenticeship stories:Harry Masser
14 March 2018 | News
... am able to offer some inspiration to others and demonstrate how much an apprenticeship can be the right fit for many people. ...
We want more disabled people on Boards
09 September 2013 | News
... Disability Rights UK would like to see a similar review which considers how to enable more disabled people to sit on Boards. We ... professionals with lived experience of disability or health conditions. We want more disabled people on Boards ...
Halving the disability employment gap could take 200 years
10 July 2016 | News
... two new reports demanding radical action on halving the disability employment gap. Learning and Work will be ... at IntoWork 2016 : Halving the Gap: Making the Work and Health Programme work for disabled people will detail our proposals on how the Government’s new flagship employment programme can ...
Tender Brief: DPO Support Hub Content Consultancy
29 June 2023 | News
Disability Rights UK are looking to contract several ... Fund that Disability Rights UK is a delivery partner for. However, this is proving very difficult, which we suspect is ... we will coordinate communication. Expected time and pay: Five days work per topic @ £450 per day Start date: ...
National Guidance on Learning from Deaths for Trusts published
19 March 2017 | News
... guidance is to help standardise and improve the way acute, mental health and community Trusts identify, report, review, ...
Grenfell Tower fire is ‘a landmark act of discrimination against disabled and vulnerable people’
21 April 2021 | News
... the fire. He told the Inquiry he was “shocked that there does not appear to have been any consideration of my ... fire safety with me after they became aware of my disability. They also did not discuss an escape route in the ...