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The Impact of Ticket Office Closures on Disabled People
04 July 2023 | News
... will have on Disabled people accessing rail travel. Disability Rights UK note with deep concern that the ... tickets can be bought at the many ticket vending machines. However, we know that we can demonstrate by being involved ... and onto the train station concourse, it will make it so much harder for disabled people to seek help to find out ...
Prescription charge rise hits patients say PCC
31 March 2015 | News
... 40 charities representing millions of people with long-term health conditions, today condemned the latest rise in ... of the past 36 years. Research by the PCC consistently shows that 1 in 3 people with long-term conditions such as ... and Scleroderma Association Cystic Fibrosis Trust Rethink Mental Illness Disability Rights UK Royal Pharmaceutical ...
Disability Rights UK enters Health and Wellbeing Alliance
11 May 2017 | News
... to announce that DRUK has joined the Department of Health's Health and Wellbeing Alliance - as part of the user-led Win ... Equality Foundation and The National LGB&T Partnership. Disability Rights UK enters Health and Wellbeing Alliance ...
Disabled people receiving Support for Mortgage Interest will now be able to transfer this when moving home
17 June 2019 | News
... be asked to reapply for the loan on their new property. However, the Minister for Family Support, Housing and Child ... benefit for those who move into a new property due to a disability or health condition, as they will continue to receive ...
New regulations issued excluding disabled students from Universal Credit entitlement
04 August 2020 | News
... be receiving [higher] education' for those in receipt of a disability benefit. They amend the exception to the ... to increase the number of disabled people in employment. However, DR UK will not give up on this issue and will lobby ... to encourage disabled people to take up education – but doesn’t explain how New regulations issued excluding ...
Disability charities brand WCA test “farcical”
26 August 2013 | News
... condition at reassessment; there is no evidence that Atos Healthcare Professionals or DWP decision makers have sought ... the longest possible clinically justified interval; and a much more comprehensive quality assurance process of both ... recover, is farcical and simply defies belief. It shows that many assessors, and those who rubber-stamp the ...
How to get legal aid in welfare benefits cases
16 April 2018 | News
... review The Public Law project has produced a guide on how to get legal aid in welfare benefits cases How to get legal aid in welfare benefits cases ...
MPs say delay the vote on the next phase of Universal Credit
21 November 2018 | News
... managed migration until some tests are met is something Disability Rights UK recommended to the SSAC, for example: ... the percentage of claimants not being paid on time; how disabled claimants will be identified; and how disabled ... such support is in place. 7. Finally, we ask that the SSAC does not limit itself from reporting on its and others views ...
What has the DDA done for you?
04 November 2020 | News
... 8 November, it will be 25 years since the passing of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), the first civil rights ... to use the equipment It empowers me to ask for accessible health information It helped many disabled people to access ... was the ability to see that my hidden disabilities and my mental health condition were not matters to be ashamed of, ...
Over 100 Disabled People's Mass Lobby of MPs to Resist Benefit Cuts
22 May 2025 | News
... down on dangerous proposed cuts and other ‘reforms’ to health and disability benefits, Disabled people demanded MPs vote ... over 100 Disabled people came to Westminster Hall to tell how they are affected by the cuts. Although we had many ...