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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 ...
DWP’s PIP assessment “torture” helped cause my son’s suicide, says disabled Mum
05 July 2021 | News
... just weeks after the DWP slashed his benefits, despite being warned he was severely depressed, malnourished, could not face leaving his flat, and had made several suicide attempts, the Disability News ... if the department finally accepted that there were systemic problems with the disability benefits assessment system; if ...
Spotlight on NeuroNoir CIC: Building Spaces for Black Neurodivergent Women & Queer People
12 June 2025 | News
... article is part of Disability Rights UK’s series highlighting intersectional Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) across the UK, especially new and emerging groups making waves in their communities. ... into Manchester and Essex due to overwhelming interest. Nearly 200 people have attended so far, with many ...
Public Transport Failing Disabled People
06 March 2024 | News
... Rights UK's Transport policy adviser, makes a strong and unequivocal statement about the failure of public transport in the UK to meet the accessibility needs and requirements ... this grudging service provision must not continue and clearly understand that many households with a Disabled person ...
Social Care green paper delayed yet again
19 December 2018 | News
Social care: forthcoming Green Paper (England) The publication of the Social Care ... for all – for those born or developing a care need early in life and for those entering old age who do not know ...
Government Calls for Evidence to Address Accessibility on Buses
14 June 2023 | News
... key regulations to improve bus accessibility. They are calling for evidence in an attempt to address the gaps in understanding by gathering information on the current effectiveness and potential evolution of the Public Service Vehicles ...
Valuable 500 committed to mandatory workforce reporting
26 January 2023 | News
Caroline Casey, founder of the Valuable 500, spoke on the ... valuable 500 have committed to reporting data on disability and have released new research on the topic. The Valuable 500 is a global collective of 500 CEOs and their companies, who work together to improve disability ...
Government statement on Universal Credit: Managed Migration
22 July 2019 | News
Amber Rudd, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions made a statement to Parliament on Monday 22 July, laying regulations to begin the pilot moving claimants who are still on legacy benefits, and whose circumstances have not changed, across to ...
UN Disability Committee Timetable of sessions
23 August 2017 | News
Deaf and Disabled people’s organisations (DDPOs) tell the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Geneva that the Government has ignored many of the ... with disabled people on Monday 21 August. Video recordings and tracripts of both days of Committee hearings are ...
After Years of Campaigning, Government Acts to Improve Fire Safety for Disabled Residents
03 September 2024 | News
Back in 2019 the Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommended that Personal ... fire safety experts argued that existing fire safety laws and the Equality Act already required such action to be ... It has taken 7 years since the Grenfell Tower fire and almost 5 years since the Inquiry recommendations for the ...