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Reinstating DLA awards: Non-attendance of PIP consultation with good reason
19 December 2018 | News
Statement made by: Sarah Newton (Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work. I would like to update the House on the ... should be receiving an ongoing award. This is still in the early stages and being dealt with in date order, ...
Sue Bott submits Ideal for All petition
30 July 2013 | News
Sue Bott from Disability Rights UK who have been supporting Ideal for All in their campaign to stop cuts to their independent living centre, hands over the petition to Sandwell’s Director of Social ... charity in Sandwell, could be forced to close its doors as early as October 2013 to disabled people due to severe cuts ...
DR UK says figures for rejected PIP mandatory reconsiderations a disgrace
13 December 2016 | News
In over 80% of mandatory reconsiderations the Personal ... success rate of PIP appeals the figures for rejected PIP mandatory reconsiderations are a disgrace. PIP has now been ... hope that the second independent review of PIP will report early in the new year and recommend root and branch changes ...
Disabled people excluded from mass participation event trials
21 April 2021 | News
Government guidance is causing venues to directly discriminate against Disabled people ... exclude ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ people from early-access large scale public events as part of its Events ... Programme (ERP) terms as a ‘pilot event’. The data and analysis from this event will be fed back directly to ...
Preventing Illegal Working
07 October 2022 | Resource
... factsheet covers your responsibility to prevent illegal working of your personal care workers. Contents Overview A ... not to employ anyone who does not have right to live and work in the UK. Failure in doing so has civil and ... benefits, equipment/aids and discrimination related issues. This resource is a basic overview. All our guidance ...
DR UK statement on Wednesdays Budget.
05 March 2024 | News
As Jeremy Hunt stands in front of parliament this Wednesday to announce his Spring ... he will do so having been in receipt of the frankest and most demanding letter sent by the Disability Poverty ... to inaccessible and unaffordable housing. These issues are reported daily on the media and being ...
DR UK comments on Lord Freud debate
27 October 2014 | News
Breaking through low expectations – comments from Disability ... to enable more disabled people to get decent work, at and above the minimum wage. We urge politicians on all sides ... and are now pressing Government to fix the significant problems with Access to Work. DR UK comments on Lord Freud ...
Accessing green space: stories from Sheffield
17 November 2023 | News
We have been re-publishing some of our older blog posts onto this new website. Enjoy the thoughts and reviews of our DR UK team and contributors! If you have ... is therefore imperative that people trying to solve access issues really listen to disabled people and work in ...
DPOs write to Prime Minister
07 September 2022 | News
... Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG), is a coalition of England-wide Disabled People's Organisations and allies. The group came together as a response to the growing upheaval in the country around food and energy price ...
Pause deductions from benefits to ease cost of living crisis, MPs say
26 July 2022 | News
With inflation set to peak at its highest level for 40 years, a new report from the cross-party Work and Pensions Committee highlights how deductions from ... energy, fuel and food costs, has exposed longer standing problems with the adequacy of the social security system. As ...