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DR UK: Government must re-introduce Covid protections for Disabled people
13 December 2021 | News
Disability Rights UK is calling on the Health Secretary ... DR UK CEO Kamran Mallick said: “We cannot stress enough how abandoned clinically vulnerable people feel and the ...
We welcome the extension of the Blue Badge Scheme to those with hidden disabilities
06 January 2019 | News
People with "hidden disabilities" including autism and mental health problems are set for a major boost when they are ... be eligible to apply. Kamran Mallick, chief executive of Disability Rights UK, said: "If we are to truly have an ...
Changes to the definition of "terminally ill" for the purposes of PIP, DLA and AA
03 April 2023 | News
... ill” for the purposes of personal independence payment (PIP), disability living allowance (DLA), and attendance allowance ... of people in their final year of life to have their disability benefits fast-tracked available from gov.uk. ...
DWP: Deaths, cover-up, and a toxic 30-year legacy
06 April 2022 | News
Evidence stretching back more than a decade shows how the DWP repeatedly ignored recommendations to ... to make reasonable adjustments for UC claimants with mental health problems DWP accused of blocking claimant suicide ...
Disabled students to lose entitlement to Universal Credit from this week
14 December 2021 | News
Disability Rights UK has written to the Secretary of State ... young people who acquire a disability or develop a serious health condition after they begin their studies will also be ... intention that more Disabled people move into employment. However, restricting the ability of Disabled students to ...
Disability strategy ruled unlawful, DWP denied permission to appeal
09 February 2022 | News
... permission to appeal against a court ruling that the entire disability strategy is unlawful, not just the national ... be at the heart of the strategy. It is frustrating given how much lack of equity Disabled people have in society that, in ...
Sign up for the free School for Change Agents
24 January 2017 | News
... who would like to make a difference in the world, but doesn’t know where to start. School for Change Agents ... NHS Horizons; we have been running the virtual School for Health and Care Radicals for the past three years. We have ... School for Change Agents is a fantastic way to learn about how to create change, and to meet like-minded people from ...
Counting down to the arrival of our new Disability Rights Handbook
24 April 2017 | News
Our latest Disability Rights Handbook is scheduled to be published late ... system and information on other services and resources. How the system works, how to claim and how to challenge decisions Benefits for people living with health conditions, injury or disability and for carers, ...
DWP loses more employment tribunals than any other employer
08 March 2020 | News
The DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other employer in Britain ... on disabled people. Trust comes from what an organisation does not what it says. That the DWP itself is “shocked” ... by the level of disability discrimination it has allowed shows it has lost a grip on how it serves disabled people. It ...
Disabled adults four times worse off financially than non-disabled adults finds new DBC report
15 July 2019 | News
A major new report by the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) outlines the damaging ... have found it has had a devastating impact on their wider health and wellbeing. The DBC makes a series of ... members to reduce waiting times and introduce targets for how long people should wait, and conduct full audits of ...