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Government announces series of reforms meant to improve lives of disabled people
24 June 2019 | News
... chief executive of Disability Rights UK said "There's much to be welcomed in the government's statement, especially the new cross governmental approach to disability. All government departments have a role to play when it comes to equality. "However, it has to lead to real change in disabled people's ...
Latest learning disabilities mortality statistics make for grim reading
03 May 2018 | News
... if you’re learning disabled, you’re more likely to die much younger than your family, friends and neighbours who ... it comes to health and social care. “It’s hard to see how this will happen when the Department of Health and NHS ... person (either with consent or following the appropriate Mental Capacity Act decision-making process). All people ...
Bedroom tax savings. Disabled people suffer most.
09 October 2013 | News
... 61%, for the latest year we have—and it has not changed much. The number of homes provided that have single bedrooms ... The early returns—and I stress they are early returns—show that local authorities are either managing those well or ... at this particular time. Baroness Sherlock (Lab): My Lords, does the Minister accept that last week the courts ruled ...
End the “Persecution” of Unpaid Carers Says DR UK
09 April 2024 | News
... income from a job, there are strict government limits on how much they can earn – currently £151.00 a week. ... the time they spend caring for someone so that the system does not punish them for misinterpreting complicated and ...
Strategic partner updates December 2015
30 November 2015 | News
... commissioning. For any comments and/or ideas about how to strengthen ‘disabled people leading change’, ... impact on professionals and on what they are doing? How does this happen? Maybe your DPULO is already involved with ... organisations and larger charities. Disability Rights very much welcomes the conclusion by Olivia Butterworth, head of ...
Disability Rights UK issue a statement in response to the chancellors remarks on benefit claimants today
02 October 2023 | News
... Work Capability Assessment, the test aimed at establishing how much a disability or illness limits someone's ability to ... investment in the NHS and social care, a huge investment in mental health services, free skills training and for those ...
Disability Rights UK response to joint committee report on Draft Care and Support Bill
20 March 2013 | News
Disability Rights UK urges a sustainable funding solution to ... is a real crisis in care. Resolving the crisis is as much a matter of funding as of law reform. We want the ... We believe the Bill to be a positive step forwards but it doesn’t do enough to give disabled and older people and ...
Disability Rights UK on the impact of sanctions
12 January 2015 | News
... of benefit sanctions on January 7th MPs heard from us how more people on JSA are being sanctioned than finding a ... their own guidance on safeguarding leading to people with mental health conditions being suspended from benefit payments ...
Census 2021 data shows increase in number of Disabled people.
26 January 2023 | News
... in England and Wales was “Do you have any physical or mental health conditions or illnesses lasting or expected to last ... out day-to-day activities?” was asked. The results showed that in England in 2021, there was a smaller ...
Almost half of food bank users have money taken by DWP from benefit payments
30 November 2020 | News
... people to afford the essentials and can affect people’s mental health. More than half of households (53%) at food banks ... and Policy Adviser said: “In June 2019, a report by the Disability Benefit Consortium found that the five-week wait ...