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DPOs Write Open Letter to Bristol City Council Over Outrageous Social Care Policy
15 April 2024 | News
Disability Rights UK, alongside Inclusion London, WinVisible ... the "Fair and Affordable Care" policy was withdrawn. However, the current budget is arguably worse, an insult to ... of us from communities of colour more often can't afford to pay privately for carers, so rely more on council services. ...
Disability benefits: one wrong decision overturned every minute of every working day
02 November 2021 | News
New analysis by disability charity Scope shows that a wrong benefits ... to get the main disability benefit Personal Independence Payment. Scope has demanded urgent action from Government ...
Care Quality Commission seek ambassadors
10 March 2023 | News
The Care Quality Commission (the CQC) and Healthwatch are recruiting six campaign ambassadors to help ... them develop campaign messaging for people with a learning disability and autistic people, and to feature them as campaign spokespeople. Ambassadors will help the CQC and Healthwatch encourage other people with learning ...
Social Security Advisory Committee vacancies within DWP
05 November 2024 | News
... proposals deliver the government’s policy intent. Thus, much of the Department's policy and service delivery ... delivery teams, employers, workers, and those affected by health and employment support interactions. ...
TfL to belatedly introduce iBus automated messages following Paulley decision
10 July 2017 | News
... wheelchair priority area. If the person occupying the space does not move a second message will play saying that the bus ... those new iBus messages are a step forward but we think it doesn’t go far enough. We want TfL to introduce a policy ... few moments to encourage passengers to vacate the space.” Disability Rights UK believes that just stopping the bus is ...
DR UK says scrap DWP plans to use AI to scan benefit claimants bank accounts
14 March 2024 | News
Disability Rights UK has joined over 40 other organisations ... union memberships, religious and philosophical beliefs, health information, and sexual orientation. The extensive ... issues. The Information Commissioner has stated that he does not currently view these powers as proportionate. As ...
Cabinet office fails to engage with DPOs
28 January 2019 | News
... involving officials from Cabinet Office, the Office for Disability Issues and ‘a small group of academics and ... Rights UK John McArdle: Black Triangle Denise McKenna: Mental Health Resistance Network Dr Sally Witcher OBE: CEO ...
Sport England aims to triple investment in tackling inactivity
18 May 2016 | News
... than 30 minutes of physical activity a week. But research shows that those who do the least activity stand to benefit ... to support people who already play sport, there will be a much greater emphasis on groups who are typically much less ... backgrounds. Our Get Yourself Active Project Disability Rights UK is in partnership with Sport England to ...
Government pledges sea change for air travel after #RightsOnFlights campaign
27 June 2023 | News
... on further options for improvement. “If damage or loss does occur, it is obvious that the disruption and distress ... in the consultation and Government needs to ensure that it does indeed make time to ensure that new legislation is ...
Pause deductions from benefits to ease cost of living crisis, MPs say
26 July 2022 | News
... from the cross-party Work and Pensions Committee highlights how deductions from benefits are pushing some people into ... a useful step would clearly be to halt deductions, the fundamental problem of the underlying inadequacy of benefit ... from DR UK to the Committee The written evidence from the Disability Poverty Campaign Group See also our related news ...