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Inequalities of a generation of disabled children, young people and their families’ needs overlooked!
07 September 2016 | News
... and is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Disability and All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism. ... officials in Department for Education, Department of Health and Department of Work and Pensions. The charity has ... of inequalities experienced by disadvantaged groups. However no resources or support were allocated to ...
Look Up petition succeeds as TFL backs campaign
17 July 2018 | News
... run announcements at every stop with the message 'look up, does someone need your seat?'. Like many other disabled ... and desperately needs to sit down as she travels into work. Disability Rights UK are pleased to announce that the ... range of station and train announcements. Corry's campaign shows what a disabled person can achieve. Instead of taking ...
The Great Benefits Row: Channel 4 Dispatches tonight
10 April 2016 | News
... the Channel 4 programme on PIP this evening will show deeply disparaging comments from an assessor about ... can make huge amounts of money, because of the incentive payments. If true, we are deeply concerned: it is the ... public money that is direly needed by disabled people – how come cuts fall on disabled people, when there seems to ...
6–12th November is Living Wage Week!
16 October 2023 | News
... who choose to go further than the government minimum and pay their employees a wage which meets everyday needs - like ... UK has been a Living Wage Employer since 2022, pledging to pay our workers and third-party contractors alike at least ... the third sector aligning our actions to our mission. Low pay is reinforcing inequality in our sector : women in the ...
One in five Universal Credit claims fail
13 May 2018 | News
... universal credit more information on universal credit and disability According to data released under the Freedom of ... commitment” setting out the conditions of their payment. A further 4% had their application closed for ... for more detailed information you can order a copy of the Disability Rights Handbook from our shop One in five ...
House of Lords publish report on the transition from education to work for young Disabled people
31 October 2024 | News
... face when transitioning from education to employment. Disability Rights UK submitted written and oral evidence to ... possible eligible for them: not just those with Education, Health and Care Plans. Internships should be particularly ... them to make the transition from education to employment. However, we found that these are the exception rather than ...
People with learning disabilities to be prioritised for vaccinations
23 February 2021 | News
... Immunisations has confirmed that everyone with a learning disability will now be prioritised for vaccination under ... register has many benefits and entitles people to annual health checks and prioritisation for future vaccinations, as ... guides to the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, including how to join your GP's learning disability register to make ...
Bedroom tax human rights appeal fails
20 February 2014 | News
... justified and therefore lawful because discretionary payments are available to cover Housing Benefit losses as a ... not provided for by the new housing benefit rules, however the Court decided that disabled tenants should not ... not the answer."? For a summary of the case go to http://disabilityrightsuk.org/news/2013/july/ma-and-ors For more on ...
Most councils will not ring fence ILF resources
07 April 2015 | News
... over the second week in January 2015. Analysis of Disability Right’s UK’s FOI (freedom of information) ... the Transfer Review Programme please can you let us know: How many ILF users are there in your area and how many of ... and the implications for independent living. What does come across from the responses is that local ...
NAO report damns UC roll out
04 September 2013 | News
... Universal Credit (UC) against its plans, and reviews how DWP managed the programme so far. This report considers ... has delayed rolling out Universal Credit nationally. DWP does not yet know to what extent its new IT systems will ... control over supplier spending and ineffective departmental oversight. From mid-2012, the underlying concerns ...