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Blog: Book review - A Life Without Limits by Sir Bert Massie
23 June 2019 | News
Disability Rights UK CEO Kamran Mallick has reviewed Sir ... reminded me that we are losing the first heroes of the disability movement, the generation that won the rights we ... life of one working class disabled boy and the history of disability rights in the UK. Sadly, I never met Bert Massie, ...
Consultation: Bedroom tax exemption for children
06 October 2013 | News
... be eligible for the middle or higher rate care component of Disability Living Allowance in order to be considered for an ... usually be expected to share a room is unable to due to a disability. The Committee considered it important to ... be eligible for the middle or higher rate care component of Disability Living Allowance in order to be considered for ...
May Rail Timetable Chaos blamed on system wide failure
03 December 2018 | News
Impact on disabled rail passengers significant.
The Parliamentary Transport Select Committee says in its December report that swift reform is needed to restore passenger trust in railways and this must include effective contingency plans and stringent enforcement for disabled passengers.
Report from our Eccles Fab Lab workshop
08 October 2015 | News
... and print his thoughts onto wristbands using a 3D printer. Disability Rights UK, the University of Salford, and the ...
DR UK ambassador signs Anti Hate Crime pledge
12 October 2016 | News
Disability Rights UK Ambassador Stephen Brookes MBE signed ...
Philippa Day death: family launches legal challenge against DWP
09 May 2021 | News
The family of Philippa Day, who had a personality disorder and who died from a deliberate overdose after her benefits were wrongly cut off, is to seek compensation from the Government.
An inquest concluded in January 2021 that authorities made 28 errors in managing her case and that her experience with the system was a “stressor” in her decision to take the overdose.
DR UK urges local authorities not to suspend Care Act Rights
02 April 2020 | News
Following the Coronavirus Act, which included provisions to suspend disabled people’s rights to care and support under the Care Act, the government has published its guidance for local authorities. The guidance describes the changes that local authorities can make to assessing and delivering care, where demand is too high or staffing resources too limited, and sets out the steps that directors of social care must take before announcing a departure from Care Act provisions.
Campaign to restore the Access to Elected Office Fund
10 April 2018 | News
... costs of standing for election. There are only 5 MPs with a disability. There could be so many more if deaf and disabled ...
DR UK evidence presentation to the UNCRPD in Geneva
13 March 2017 | News
... [Photos supplied by Natasha Hirst] DR UK, with other disability rights groups have submitted shadow reports to ...
Over 450,000 excluded from state-funded care
19 December 2013 | News
... The CSA is a consortium of over 70 organisations, including Disability Rights UK, that represent and support disabled ...