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Next steps towards a fully inclusive transport network
24 July 2018 | News
... a £2 million passenger awareness campaign to increase disability awareness and reduce hate crime on our network an ... access on buses The strategy promises to “announce how we will seek to prioritise access to the on-board ... of wheelchair users is clarified it is difficult to see how effective this would be where access to a bus is ...
Court of Appeal allows DWP lone parent benefit cap appeal but allows further appeal to Supreme Court
15 March 2018 | News
... allowed the Government’s appeal, but in doing so did however find that the High Court was entitled to find that ... for more detailed information you can order a copy of the Disability Rights Handbook from our shop Court of Appeal ...
Fears over right to protest under PCSC Bill
18 March 2021 | News
... to violence or rejection of democratic principles – however shocking and unacceptable certain views or words ... ”. And yet this Bill has the potential to undermine fundamental freedoms and silence already marginalised voices. ... to think twice about the place of protest in society, and how it can so often be a power for positive change where ...
Exclusion of ESA claimants from £20 week increase “untenable” says SSAC
01 June 2020 | News
... support to those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. However, given the pace and scale of these changes, SSAC ... Tax Credit basic element by £20 a week for 12 months . However, SSAC says that it is of the “of the strong view ... Government stop leaving disabled people behind - #IncreaseDisabilityBenefits. The SSAC also expresses concern that the ...
Shielders resist new guidance on going outdoors
01 June 2020 | News
... medical advice they are receiving as individuals from their healthcare professionals. The government has started to ... was cleared by Deputy Chief Medical Officers and Public Health England after it had spoken with GPs, the British ...
Industry ‘out of touch’ on working from home
23 June 2021 | News
... to home working. It has been safer, but also allowed us to show employers just how productive we can be with the right adaptations. “The ... said a flexible working taskforce was examining how best to proceed. “What we’re consulting on is making ...
About our 'In the Making' project
12 August 2014 | News
... pioneers in a new industrial revolution Researchers and disability rights campaigners have collaborated to secure ... the research. The insights produced will be used to explore how people can become 'makers' of solutions rather than ... in January 2015, and the first stage will be to ‘map’ how disabled people access and make use of existing digital ...
Domestic Abuse Bill risks sending disabled people “back to the days of the Victorian asylums”
13 July 2020 | News
Disability Rights UK has written to the Rt Hon Robert ... days of the Victorian asylums, where the medical model of disability saw millions of people have what was best decided ... Treatment of Disabled People in the Domestic Abuse Bill Disability Rights UK is extremely concerned about the ...
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities publishes issues to present to UK Government
05 April 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK was very pleased to give evidence to ...
Taylor fails to offer anything tailored to the problem of getting disabled people into work
10 July 2017 | News
... solutions,” said Philip Connolly, Policy Manager of Disability Rights UK. Taylor fails to offer anything ...