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Benefits system unfair to EU citizens
29 May 2013 | News
... benefits system, including the new personal independence payment. You can find more about how they apply in our factsheets . Benefits system unfair to ...
DR UK joins Martin Lewis’ campaign to postpone April’s increase in the energy price guarantee
21 February 2023 | News
... this was meant to be in place for the next two years. However, the Government said it would in fact end in April ... Design, National Energy Action, and StepChange agree with. Disability Rights UK has added its support to the campaign ... for financially vulnerable people and additional targeted payment specifically for Disabled people who use more energy ...
Carmichael case to go to Supreme Court
19 February 2019 | News
... breach of Mr (or Mrs) Carmichael’s Article 14 rights” However, the upper tribunal felt that the result was the ... and The Upper Tribunal failed to have regard to other payments (in particular discretionary housing payments (DHPs)) for which provision had been made by the ...
Well done Ikeni Mbako-Allison on swimming Lake Coniston for DR UK
04 September 2016 | News
... of Lake Coniston, on 3 September 2016, to raise money for Disability Rights UK. Disability Rights UK would like to say well done Ikeni and ... ('Radar'). Please give as little or as much as you can - it will be going to a good cause!!!" Find ...
Obituary: Wycliffe Noble
27 April 2017 | News
... lives over many years.” Former Chair of RADAR and Disability Rights UK Phil Friend said: “Like Liz Sayce, I ... my time as Chair at RADAR and more recently as chair of Disability Rights UK. He was a tremendous supporter of ... that the world is a more accessible place. We owe him much and he will be sadly missed.” Wycliffe was also ...
New HMCTS webchat service to give social security appeal guidance and support
15 September 2019 | News
... to message each other in real time, and means the user doesn’t need to leave the screen they’re working on to ...
Disabled people experience high levels of food poverty
13 February 2021 | News
... that inadequate benefit levels was the underlying cause of much food insecurity. Emma Revie from the Trussell Trust said that their data showed that 62% of working age adults using food banks were ...
Government accused of breaching UN convention in its treatment of disabled people
20 August 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK accuses the Government of ... “dismissing” the findings and recommendations of the UN disability committee’s report, describing it as a ... her care package had been cut and she wasn’t able to pay a carer to bring her, she said. “The Government will ...
BBC commits to TV diversity from April 2021
21 June 2020 | News
... 50:50 equality project through the Media Trust, Reframing Disability in the Media project, which has sought to engage ... step. Disabled people should be visible on primetime as much as through specialist channels such as the BBC’s ...
We're recruiting!
07 December 2021 | News
Disability Rights UK wishes to hire a young Disabled person ... participating in internal and external meetings, and much more. Further information can be accessed by clicking ... you have any questions please contact us at recruitment@disabilityrightsuk.org , or telephone 0330 995 0400. We're ...