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DR UK and University of Exeter Launch Study Into Disability Pay Gap
10 July 2024 | News
Researchers from the University of Exeter are working with Disability Rights UK to study the Disability pay gap across ... reporting . In particular, the project hopes to understand how the Disability pay gap varies by different personal ... Derbyshire, a Research Fellow in the Department of Public Health and Sports Science at the University of Exeter, said: ...
90% Of PIP Standard Daily Living Component Recipients Would Fail New Green Paper Test
23 April 2025 | News
... has highlighted a freedom of information (FOI) request showing that the Government’s proposed new Personal ... Benefits and Work says: “we think that the OBR are being much too optimistic in arguing that over half a million ... There is very little support available for claimants whose health conditions may limit their ability to pursue an ...
Honouring Black History Month
26 October 2023 | News
This Black History Month, at DR UK we know how intersectional our struggles are – there is no ... riots of 1958. Throughout her life, she dealt with poor health as a result of growing up in poverty. Brad Lomax ... rights and disability rights movement. He was also instrumental in setting up the East Oakland Centre for Independent ...
New DR UK Board Member Vicci Livingstone-Thompson awarded BEM
03 January 2025 | News
A personal message from Kamran Mallick, CEO of Disability Rights UK. "WE are delighted to congratulate ... celebrates Vicci’s remarkable contributions to mental health and the rights of Disabled people in Gloucestershire ...
Say No To Assisted Dying - Fazilet Hadi
10 April 2025 | News
... encounter from friends, family and wider society. It also shows itself institutionally, in the way society is ... with life expectancy and healthy life years being much worse for working-class people and those living in the ... not be done through a Private Member’s Bill. This process doesn’t have the depth of consideration that would be ...
Digital universal credit system breaches principles of law and stops claimants accessing support
27 June 2023 | News
... and operation of this digital- by-design benefit does not align with social security legislation. Some ... circumstances (for example if they have a disability or health condition). But the digital claim form doesn’t ... updated to provide further information to claimants about how their award has been calculated. At a minimum, the DWP ...
Disability Rights UK’s Together Fund – Our Impact!
08 December 2023 | News
... delivery and impact of Sport England’s Together Fund, showing the vast and long-lasting impact this fund has on ... , as well as improving their self-confidence and overall mental health. Projects reported increased capacity and ... beyond the life of the fund because there is still so much to be learnt from each other.” Disability Rights ...
Peers ask Health Secretary to restore Care Act rights
21 September 2020 | News
... Grey-Thompson have led a group of 30 peers in writing to Health Secretary Matt Hancock calling for the restoration of ... comply with Care Act duties without putting lives at risks. However, there is evidence that ‘easements’ were ... – emotionally, socially, economically or in terms of mental and physical health – but we believe these effects ...
Peers letter to Health Minister on Care Act Easements
08 September 2020 | News
... The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP Secretary of State Department of Health and Social Care 39 Victoria Street London SW1H 0EU ... comply with Care Act duties without putting lives at risks. However, there is evidence that ‘easements’ were ... – emotionally, socially, economically or in terms of mental and physical health – but we believe these effects ...
BPS signs consensus statement calling for removal of benefit sanctions
25 March 2019 | News
... Psychological Society has joined eight other leading mental health organisations in calling for the removal of benefit ... or appropriate help in returning to or gaining paid work. However, the statement makes clear that no one with a mental ...