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Bedroom tax rulings concern DWP
12 September 2013 | News
... the bedroom tax. When calculating Housing Benefit, the DWP does not define a bedroom, leaving this up to the landlord to decide. However a series of decisions in Fife have been decided in ... of ‘bedroom tax’ For more on the bedroom tax see http://disabilityrightsuk.org/bedroom-tax You can view the Fife ...
Penny Mordaunt co-hosts APPG meeting on International Development
07 March 2018 | News
... was an opportunity to hear about the upcoming Global Disability Summit, and gain more detail about what it means for DFID to put disability at the heart of everything it does. When: 6-7pm, Wednesday 7 March 2018 This meeting ...
New report advocates rebranding residential care
03 September 2014 | News
... the UK and around the world we have seen great examples of how residential care can reinvent itself. It is no longer a ... introduction of a license to practice and a living wage. Disability Rights UK CEO Liz Sayce says “Residential care does not need re-branding. What people need are genuine ...
Care Act Guidance and Regulations Response
14 August 2014 | News
Disability Rights UK have submitted a response to this ... have been involved in many meeting with the Department of Health and we are endorsing the responses from the Care and ... the wellbeing principle, commissioning, charging, direct payments, support planning and continuity of care ...
The Disability Poverty Campaign Group call for collaboration on the new childhood poverty taskforce
29 July 2024 | News
... people across the country. The taskforce will consider how ministers can use policy levers in areas such as education, household income, housing, children’s health and childcare to tackle child poverty. The first ... struggling to feed, clothe and heat homes for children. The Disability Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG) who campaign ...
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 ...
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 ...
15,000 die before getting their share of £970 million ESA underpayment
19 December 2018 | News
... could be affected. It expects to complete its review and pay arrears to all cases back to their date of conversion to ... Affected claimants could be due around £5,000 in arrears. However, up to 15,000 disabled people have died before they ... benefits underpayment blunder . Sue Bott, Deputy CEO Disability Rights UK, said this issue has been a “disaster ...
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 ...