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Lords debate highlights unfairness of care cap
16 February 2022 | News
... avoidable and costly dependency." Critics have pointed out how the cap would be of most benefit to the wealthiest older people but there has been little discussion on how the cap affects Disabled people of working age. Disability Rights UK and Inclusion London are supporting ...
UNCRPD engagement events
11 October 2016 | News
... on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). How people contributed People contributed via: an online ... to be priorities and what evidence can you provide to show that there is or could be an adverse impact on the ... could also submit additional evidence please email crpd@disabilityrightsuk.org DR UK events Disability Rights UK ...
International disability rights leading light Judy Heumann dies
07 March 2023 | News
One of the founding mothers of the international disability rights movement, Judy Heumann, has died aged 75. ... work played a major part in the implementation of disability rights legislation in the United States. Judy ... Heumann was an internationally recognised leader of the disability rights movement whose activism led to the ...
Should we adopt Australian policy ideas?
08 June 2015 | News
... US, to inform our own policies. Should we? If so why and how? She found that disability policy and conversations about it are decidedly mixed. On the one hand she finds their National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and job access schemes ...
Doctor brings landmark Covid care home legal action against Government
21 October 2021 | News
... a landmark legal action against the government, Public Health England and NHS England over their handling of Covid ...
Court Overturns Unlawful Ruling of National Disability Strategy
11 July 2023 | News
The Court of Appeal has ruled the National Disability Strategy as lawful, overturning a previous ruling ... have recieved news from the government that their National Disability Strategy has now been deemed lawful - this, ... Disabled people disproportionately. Kamran Mallick, CEO of Disability Rights UK said, “Whilst the court ruling is ...
Parliamentary review on proposed £30 week cut to ESA
12 November 2015 | News
A review is to take place in Parliament on 8 December about how the Government’s proposed reduction in ESA for those ... independent Peers in the House of Lords. It will look at how losing £30 a week will affect the day-to-day lives of ... the sector and of course disabled people themselves." Disability Rights UK’s CEO Liz Sayce will give oral ...
Your experience of accessibility when using ships wanted
31 July 2018 | News
... mobility, their experience of transport using ships and how effective the provision of assistance has been when ... The answers provided will allow the agency to monitor how well port terminal and vessel operators are complying with their obligations and how satisfied passengers are with the assistance being ...
Councils waste £253 million fighting parents at SEND tribunals since 2014
14 December 2021 | News
Research by Special Needs Jungle (SNJ) shows that Local Authorities have spent nearly a quarter of a ... figures about the work of the Special Educational Needs and Disability First Tier Tribunal (SENDIST) – a tribunal ... of local authority SEND decisions concerning Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs). Families can also go to ...
Disability employment gap narrows slightly but still wide
02 July 2018 | News
... of the arc a report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Disability offers Government a plan to support a million ... consultation “Building our Industrial Strategy” Disability employment gap narrows slightly but still wide ...