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Lords says Govt failing duty of care to disabled people
23 March 2016 | News
... of Lords Select Committee on the Equality Act 2010 and Disability investigating the Act's impact on disabled people ... would be more economically active and at less risk of poor health and isolation.” Key findings and recommendations in ... local authorities and public bodies should review how they communicate with disabled people, and that disabled ...
ESA cuts would mean 70% would struggle to maintain their independence
26 October 2015 | News
The Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) has surveyed over 500 ... struggle to maintain their independence 69% think their health would get worse. 45% say they would return to work later. 69% would struggle to pay their bills. Ahead of today's key debate on the Welfare ...
Reinstating DLA awards: Non-attendance of PIP consultation with good reason
19 December 2018 | News
... by: Sarah Newton (Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work. I would like to update the House on the ... my Department is making in Personal Independence Payment (PIP). The guidance available to PIP Case Managers ... statement and link to guidance in Personal Independence Payment: Written statement - HCWS1224 Reinstating DLA ...
A Threat to Inclusive Education: Why We Must Defend Support for Disabled Children
29 May 2025 | News
... Disabled children is a cause for profound concern here at Disability Rights UK. Kamran Mallick, our CEO, explains why ... Catherine McKinnell, has not ruled out replacing Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), is deeply alarming. For over ... National Audit Office report highlighted these pressures. However, the solution cannot be to remove the entitlement 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 ...
IPPR argues for free social care for over 65s
22 May 2019 | News
... Harry Quilter-Pinner and Dean Hochlaf, proposes to pay for free social care through an increase of 1.31 ... tax rise. They also call for greater integration of the health and social care systems, through the creation of ... expenditure. According to Evan Odell, a researcher at Disability Rights UK: "This report is one more example of a ...
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 ...
Family of disabled boy evicted due to Coronavirus fears
29 March 2020 | News
... they are in hospital. Ahmed, who is ten, and has developmental disabilities including cerebral palsy and scoliosis, ... Ronald McDonald House. We are pretty disgusted. This is not how anyone should be treated. "The family have hotel ... story of Ahmed and his family underlines the failure of health and social care services, to provide necessary ...
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 ...