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Disability Poverty Campaign Group Response to Spring Budget
08 March 2024 | News
... by Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs), including many disability and anti-poverty organisations, the Disability ... a year, then reviewed and made permanent. The HSF provides much needed financial aid for those in poverty, of which ... people. You can read more about that upcoming hearing and how you can tune in on our news article. Overall, an ...
Sickness absence and fluctuating health conditions
22 January 2015 | News
New report advocates part-time sick pay is needed for employees with fluctuating health conditions Fluctuating conditions, fluctuating ... absence policies. Liz Sayce, the chief executive of Disability Rights UK, said: “This report is very timely. ...
Holocaust Memorial Day: Dont Stand By
26 January 2016 | News
... the lessons of the past and to recognise that genocide does not just take place on its own, it’s a steady process ... fortunate here in the UK; we are not at risk of genocide. However, discrimination has not ended, nor has the use of the language of hatred or exclusion. There is still much to do to create a safer future and HMD is an ...
How do politicians discuss disability issues? An interactive research tool
23 March 2017 | News
How do politicians discuss disability issues? Read blog Has this changed over time? When do particular ways of speaking about disability become popular, or fall out of favour? Evan ... this excellent interactive blog which enables you to see how regularly disability related words and phrases ...
How to cope with disability at work: Guardian live chat
21 February 2017 | News
Do you have a disability or are you an employer in need of expert advice ... Careers’ disability at work week. Subjects include: How to cope with bullying or harassment at work because of ... on finding work and disclosing disabilities to employers. How employers can foster better working environments for ...
DWP launches WCA changes consultation aimed at reducing the number of claimants in ‘limited capability for work-related activity’ group
06 September 2023 | News
... be entitled to an extra amount of benefit. The March 2023 Health and Disability White Paper proposed abolishing the ... geographical basis from no earlier than 2026/2027. However, the DWP says that any changes to the WCA will be ... the provision of “substantial risk to their physical or mental health or to the physical or mental health of someone ...
Liz Sayce speaks at UK Mental Disability Law Conference
30 June 2016 | News
Inaugural UK Mental Disability Law Conference 2016. Thursday 30 June – Friday ... is intended to bring researchers, active in the field of mental disability law, together for the first meeting of ...
1.6 million children live in mouldy and damp homes
23 February 2023 | News
... is often the cause of these issues. And its study showed that tenants of private rentals are 73% more likely to ... need accessible, safe and affordable homes to support our health, wellbeing and independence. Appropriate housing is ... renters live in dangerous, cold and damp homes. We pay too much for way too little. At the same time as increasing the ...
“Barbaric and inhumane” care is “generating trauma” for Disabled children
27 April 2021 | News
The Health and Social Care Committee has heard of the horrifying ... has often asked why she's being punished." And described how her daughter was "physically pulled away from me and ... support in the community. We need greater clarity on what does actually work in the community, what is the right ...
Improving Lives: Transforming Disability Employment
27 February 2018 | News
... people are employed. Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability outlines the government’s aims to ... of the government’s new disability employment strategy How is the strategy different from previous initiatives and what does it mean for disabled people? Update on the Work and ...