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Disabled people are relying on crowdfunding to get wheelchairs
26 June 2017 | News
Disabled people are having to rely on crowdfunding to pay for wheelchairs due to cuts in services, a postcode ...
Joint inquiry into Northern Ireland’s welfare policy launched
11 April 2019 | News
... differing levels of welfare entitlement in the long term? How well is Universal Credit working in Northern Ireland? ... Credit paid at a different frequency or with split payments? What is the impact of the two-child limit on ... for this? What level of deductions do tenants face to pay back arrears? The closing date for submissions is Friday ...
TransPennine Express to run rail services with no wheelchair spaces
30 May 2018 | News
... If two consecutive trains are inaccessible, TPE will pay for a taxi to their destination. The use of these ... on the network ahead of the introduction of new trains. Disability Rights UK condemns TransPennine Express and ... citizens on public transport. Last week we highlighted how Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) instructed staff not ...
DWP employing disabled people guidance
20 July 2014 | News
Employing disabled people and people with health conditions This guidance is intended to help ...
University of East Anglia demands ILF rethink
23 June 2015 | News
Disability experts from the University of East Anglia (UEA) ... The first, ‘Closure of the Independent Living Fund: how is it affecting the users?’, shows that the ILF transfer, scheduled for the end of June, ...
5,000 died without benefit entitlements in botched ESA switch
19 January 2020 | News
... that have led to hundreds of millions of pounds of arrears payments are still present. Seventy-five per cent of ESA ... win; this case is merely one more piece of evidence showing how ESA is not fit for purpose.” 5,000 died without ...
Benefit delivery: Committee publishes Government response
11 July 2016 | News
... though, in that the NAO has just reported that total underpayments have increased to their highest level to date. The ... has said it considers setting a target for reducing underpayments unnecessary despite our recommendation, and same ... the benefit system and make it less open to mistakes. However this inquiry has flagged up the limitations to ...
IntoWork Convention 2017
23 August 2017 | News
... Lives in Changing Times’. The convention aimed to address how we respond to the changing funding and delivery ... following event resources: speaker’s blogs slides video Disability Rights UK produced slides for the event and ex DR ...
Changing Places to receive £30m in 2020 Budget
10 March 2020 | News
... shop, go out, or travel should not be determined by their disability. Yet, currently the lack of the right facilities ... enable disabled people to live independent lives. We very much welcome these funds, which should facilitate the ...
Protestors Target Housing Awards
10 November 2023 | News
... industrial action for offering maintenance staff a pay increase of just 3% despite charging tenants a 7% rent ... An event to celebrate landlords’ best practice using a show of wealth is immoral and offensive to their tenants ... Economics Foundation, Inclusion London, Runnymede Trust, Disability Rights UK, Radical Housing Network, Housing ...