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Work and Pensions Secretary told to urgently increase the financial support paid to unpaid carers
01 July 2020 | News
... the vital role that unpaid carers play, and to put in place much needed financial support for carers who remain essential in supporting the health and care systems we all depend on. It is time we made ... to press for £20 week increase to ESA available from disabilityrightsuk.org Work and Pensions Secretary told to ...
Labour MPs Take a Public Stand Against the Disability and Health Benefit Cuts
17 June 2025 | News
15 Labour MPs took part in a photo-call organised by Disability Rights UK and the DPO Forum England to publicly show their opposition to disability and health benefit cuts proposed in the Pathways to Work Green ...
Vince Cable visits disability entrepreneurs
07 July 2014 | News
Dr Vince Cable to examine disability entrepreneurship in visit to leading university ... and its value to the UK economy. The laboratory showcases cutting edge technology in enabling disabled people ... They contributed some £16 billion as individual tax payers in 2010. Their spending power was estimated by the ...
Children's Commissioner calls for improved SEND provision
16 September 2022 | News
... Commissioner website . The Commissioner states how barriers to support include children not being ... less likely to be in work, and - on average - have much lower earnings 15 years after Key Stage 4. One ... for greater consistentency in the delivery of Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), alongside a full list of ...
DSA guidance: Our response
15 January 2015 | News
Response to the guidance on Disabled Student Allowance from Disability Rights UK Introduction Disability Rights UK is a ... that upon visiting the web link the invitation to comment does not include the policy itself or whether there are ... like to learn who has been notified of this opportunity and how the views of disabled students themselves have been ...
Disabled people deserve better support for work schemes
03 March 2013 | News
... least three months over the first year. The figures also show that, of the 55,000 people using Work Choice in the last ... support, for instance with people with serious mental health problems (who face the very greatest barriers to ...
Disabled people cut off from energy supply
12 January 2023 | News
... that 3.2 million people ran out of credit on their pre-payment energy meter last year, the equivalent of one person ... mode. Dan White, policy, and campaigns officer at Disability Rights UK said “With one in five pre-payment ... it can result in a Disabled person reliant on energy for health and mobility related equipment being cut off from the ...
Universal Credit will hit 1.9 million by over £1,000 per year with disabled people worst affected
23 April 2019 | News
... living activities such as preparing food - can receive as much as £2,230 per year less in universal credit than they ... would have under the previous system; Others - those whose health is not deemed to affect their basic living activities ... losses do turn out to be temporary for those concerned. However, even when measuring people’s incomes over ...
Into Apprenticeships, Traineeships, and Supported Internships seminar report
14 February 2018 | News
... Kamran also highlighted the work Disability Rights UK does including information to students through their ... managing directors at L’Oréal and other areas such as Health and Safety, reception and the post room. “I felt ... Lead, DWP, talked about the Access to Work scheme and how it can provide help with additional costs and for ...
DR UK raise “hidden” 55% ESA cut for under 25 year olds with Minister
04 April 2017 | News
... Parliamentary review on the proposed £30 week cut to ESA . However, what was hidden in the run-up to the issuing of the ... disincentive” to disabled people gaining employment. Does the Government believe that a 55% cut to the ESA rate ... top up their loans, for disabled students this is usually much harder (for instance, employers are unwilling to put in ...