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Calls grow for changes to the Energy bill on Prepayment meters
10 May 2023 | News
... May, includes a ban on the forced transfer of homes onto prepayment meters (PPMs). The bill currently makes no provision ... and others who rely on powered medical equipment. However, many campaigning groups argue that new guidelines ... and campaigns officer at DR UK and one of the leads at the Disability Poverty Campaign Group said: “The notoriety of ...
DWP announces regional workshop events
08 February 2020 | News
... wants “to hear directly from people with disabilities and health conditions who have had direct experience of the ... organisations that represent them. We want to hear about how we could improve our welfare and employment services in ... in Pontypridd (aimed at those with experience of claiming a disability benefit and a third event on 2 March in Wisbech ...
Disabled people take over Vogue
04 May 2023 | News
... been about inclusivity and diversity… people forget how hard it is for the disabled community.” "I felt real ... speak up about disabilities and not have to hide it and how it impacts them." “Diversity, inclusivity - it’s all ...
Making activism inclusive and accessible
22 September 2016 | News
... opportunities for disabled young people. If you have a disability or existing long term health condition and are aged 18-24 then you’re more than ... peers, something which is unacceptable. Find out more about how to get involved Making activism inclusive and accessible ...
DWP restarts recovery of benefit related overpayments and social fund loans
06 July 2020 | News
... that it has restarted recovery of benefit related overpayments and social fund loans from 6 July. In April, in ... the DWP temporarily paused the recovery of benefit overpayments, for three months . These included Housing Benefit ... following a significant increase Universal Credit claims. However, the DWP said today it was recommencing debt ...
Disabled people at greater Covid death risk - ONS research
17 June 2021 | News
... circumstances, measures of disadvantage, and pre-existing health conditions. These findings suggest that a combination ...
III Challenging Inequalities conference presentations and videos
09 July 2017 | News
... and the third sector discussed concepts around racial, health, social and economic equity, alongside presentations ... was also followed by an evening debate which explored how to ‘change the terms of the debate’ around inequalities. Liz Sayce, former CEO of Disability Rights UK gave a presentation on Othering ...
Public attitudes to poverty
28 September 2014 | News
... report looks at current public attitudes to poverty and how views have changed since the 2008 financial crash It ... cases where a person who was unable to work because of ill-health or disability was not being provided with the support needed to ...
End of life research results published
10 February 2015 | News
Only 22% of those surveyed by charity Disability Rights UK ranked end of life care services as ... in talking about the end of life as a disabled person Healthcare professionals lack of understanding how best to support disabled people when they were ...
DR UK praised for universal basic income analysis
16 April 2019 | News
... and workingfamilies.org.uk yields no results, while disabilityrightsuk.org does best with its round-up, 18 March 2019, of two new ...