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Disability Rights UK’s Katrina Morris Nominated for Rising Star Award
17 May 2023 | News
... Morris, our very own Leadership Academy Executive at Disability Rights UK, has been shortlisted for the Rising ... the progress in diversity made on Boards so far and how more inclusion at leadership level can positively impact ... we can safely say Katrina has been doing with us at Disability Rights UK, where she has been working for nearly ...
DR UK policy position on supporting disabled students in HE
09 July 2017 | News
... Unit Philip Connolly, Policy and Development Manager, Disability Rights UK Grace Simpson, Higher Education Policy ... Group Philip’s presentation also highlighted many of Disability Rights UK's policy positions regarding disabled ... Agency, DR UK recommends that they have a theme of how universities are meeting their new responsibilities ...
DWP abandons 80% benefit reconsideration targets
13 December 2017 | News
... and Capita to inform DWP’s decisions on awards of disability benefits PIP and ESA. The Committee had heard of ... original decisions are to be upheld. The Committee queried how a target for upholding original decisions could be ...
DR UK meets with Disabilities Minister about our In the Making project
26 January 2016 | News
Disability Rights UK had the opportunity to tell Minister ...
Council agrees to scrap home care charges
08 December 2014 | News
... will abolish what has rightly become known as a "tax on disability".” There are currently 1266 people in the borough who require home care services, 313 of which pay the hourly charge. The abolition of charges will cost ... will also mark the end of a difficult battle for local disability campaigners, who have campaigned for eight years ...
Progress on disability rights in UK hampered by government inaction
08 October 2018 | News
Progress on disability rights in the United Kingdom: UK Independent ... on this important opportunity to reflect on and progress disability rights. We are concerned by the lack of a prompt ... there is no comprehensive UK-wide strategy demonstrating how the UK will implement the CRPD Committee’s ...
DWP publish new PIP award duration guidance
15 August 2018 | News
The DWP has issued new guidance to PIP Decision Makers on how to set the length of a claimant’s PIP award. The new ... Makers are told that they must consider the claimant’s health condition(s), and the needs arising . And that the ...
Reasonable work adjustments can be reduced hours
11 November 2013 | News
... a Jobcentre but had been on long term sickness due to ill health since June 2009. In August 2010, his GP wrote a fit ... in its reasoning a key issue in the case – namely, how far the step or steps which were in issue would have ...
DR UK says figures for rejected PIP mandatory reconsiderations a disgrace
13 December 2016 | News
... 80% of mandatory reconsiderations the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) award remains unchanged. View statistics ... appeal these decisions ( 65% as of September 2016 ). 48% of disability living allowance (DLA) reassessments for PIP have ... Instead, many disabled people are having their right to a disability benefit withheld due to poor face to face ...
DWP response to SSAC over bedroom tax
17 November 2013 | News
... is receiving the middle or higher rate care component of Disability Living Allowance. The SSAC wanted a wider ... a very limited category of claimants, namely those whose disability is so severe that an extra bedroom is needed for ... We do not accept this approach. Discretionary Housing Payments are available to support vulnerable groups affected ...