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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Disabled Peoples Organisations Sign Open Letter To PM Calling For Accessible Transport
05 September 2024 | News
Disability Rights UK Transport Policy Adviser, Stephen ... matter gives us hope that meaningful change is possible. However, it is imperative that these words are followed by ... as a matter of regular customer service: that it is both a health and safety issue and a matter of human rights and ...
TUC calls for basic level of Universal Credit to be raised to £260 week during coronavirus outbreak
06 April 2020 | News
... grants so claimants don’t build up debts waiting for payments speeding up the application process for UC by not ... time to start a national conversation about how we repair Britain’s safety net and help those who ... million people, are from families in which someone has a disability. From April 2017 the level of the ESA (and now ...
Urgent expansion of work support for disabled people required
06 March 2012 | News
Press release 7 March 2012 Disability Rights UK [1] welcomes the Government’s ... come on stream) usually know nothing about it, schools and health services usually don’t promote it – and one ... disabled people each year use the Access to Work programme. However, the numbers of ‘new starts’ is going down. ...
HMCTS finally accepts recommendations on data collection to support the evaluation of its courts and tribunals reforms
13 October 2020 | News
... to justice principles. We also need to be able to measure how different groups fare under the online processes, ... data about court users’ vulnerabilities, including mental and physical disabilities, age, literacy levels, and ... get a fair hearing whilst being cost-efficient for taxpayers.” Ken Butler DR UK’s Welfare Rights and Policy ...
High street off limits to disabled shoppers?
30 November 2014 | News
... and security worries, according to a new survey by the disability charity Vitalise. The Vitalise study found that 7 ... 10 disabled shoppers (69%) felt little or no security when paying for items at non-lowered shop counters with fixed ... Vitalise is urging all leading high street retailers to pay more attention to accessibility in their stores - and ...