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Disabled children have largest gap when it comes to exam grades
16 February 2022 | News
... grades between children from different backgrounds which shows Disabled children have a huge gap in their exam grades ... peers. The gap is even larger for children with education, health and care plans (EHCPs). ‘Covid 19 and the ... 3.6 grades lower in 2020. Fazilet Hadi, Head of Policy at Disability Rights UK said: “Yet again, we see how Disabled ...
Prepayment meter fallout sees the issue become national news
08 February 2023 | News
Last week saw the conversation around Prepayment meters hit the mainstream as the Times newspaper ... at a local shop or online, usually with a key or a card. However, over the last few months there have been worrying ... and campaigns officer at DR UK and one of the leads at the Disability Poverty Campaign said “Finally after months of ...
UC claimants set to lose out on Severe Disability Premium money
14 October 2020 | News
The Severe Disability Premium (SDP) is now a part of Universal Credit ... Before the change, which came into effect last week, the payment was ringfenced and separate from other benefits. ... has now stopped. UC claimants set to lose out on Severe Disability Premium money ...
Bedroom tax: first Scottish eviction set?
21 August 2013 | News
... wheelchair ramp, wet room and handrails just two years ago. However she is facing repossession after failing to pay £248 in bedroom tax arrears. North Lanarkshire Council ... For more on the bedroom tax see http://disabilityrightsuk.org/bedroom-tax Bedroom tax: first ...
Kamran Mallick: 'I want to change the world for disabled people'
22 May 2018 | News
The head of Disability Rights UK on how the organisation is campaigning ... to the deaths of 13 people. Mallick says the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England are “uninterested ...
Govt wants to keep 20 metre PIP rule
03 July 2013 | News
... decision. Lord Alton’s question was: “… how they [the Government] will respond to the consultation on the 50 or 20 metre Personal Independence Payment qualifying criteria; what procedure they intend to ... and intend to meet with a range of disabled people and disability organisations to discuss their views first-hand. ...
PIP assessment guide updated
28 May 2014 | News
Personal Independence Payment assessment guide for assessment providers The ... as part of the commercial process. It provides guidance for health professionals carrying out assessment activity and ...
National Disability Strategy declared unlawful: Disability Rights UK comment
25 January 2022 | News
Disability Rights CEO Kamran Mallick said: “We have a phrase in the disability community: ‘nothing about us without us’. I pay tribute to the Disabled people who fought for justice ...
Our Manifesto for disability rights in a post-EU UK
25 June 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK has produced a manifesto on what the ... citizens living in other EU countries and d) no detrimental impact on disabled people’s independence through ... and requirements for ‘comprehensive health insurance’ Continued mutual recognition ...
Citizens Advice survey shows millions will fall into energy bills debt
24 August 2022 | News
New analysis from Citizens Advice shows 1 in 4 (24%) people in the UK won’t be able to afford ... particularly hard, many of us depend on energy to stay healthy and independent, and we already face the extra costs of disability. The Government must act now to increase benefits ...