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Chancellor Must Not Proceed With WCA Cuts Says DR UK
30 October 2024 | News
In the 30 October Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave no ... to ensure that welfare spending is “more sustainable” and that: “... we inherited the last government's plans to ... 424,000 people with serious mobility or mental health problems would be denied both extra Universal Credit worth ...
Mental health pay gap is a disgrace
07 August 2016 | News
The EHRC says pay gap between people with mental health problems and other citizens is a disgrace For more information read this article: ...
More than money: The lifelong wellbeing impact of disability benefits
28 January 2025 | News
A new research report by Z2K and Pro Bono Economics urges the Government to prioritise improving access to disability benefits for those whose quality of ... that failure to do so could exacerbate public health issues and have severe economic consequences. Disability ...
Work has never worked for Disabled people so why are we trying to go back to how things were? By Mikey Erhardt
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 ... mandated office work has on Disabled people’ A UK poll early in the pandemic found only 6% of respondents ...
Leaders call on Prime Minister to create socially just Coronavirus recovery plan
17 June 2020 | News
Disability Rights UK has joined with leaders of more than 100 household name companies, charities, universities, and trade associations to call on Government to ensure that ... a socially just and green recovery in the UK and abroad’. Early evidence from the Business and Sustainable Development ...
Benefit sanctions harming claimants, lawyers warn
21 July 2022 | News
As benefit sanctions exceed pre-COVID highs, interviews carried out by the Public Law Project (PLP) with benefit claimants, advisers, and support workers reveal that people who try to question their sanctions face a complex, punitive and unaccountable system. Sanctions can be applied to ...
Full migration of UC by March 2023 a viable plan
10 July 2018 | News
... - Monday 9 July 2018 Gareth Snell MP asked Neil Couling, Director General Universal Credit: Are you still ... Peter Schofield, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions: It is a challenging and viable plan. The ... true around housing—Newcastle will tell you this—in the early days. Claimants did not respond as we had anticipated. ...
UC roll out: what went wrong
10 September 2013 | News
... as the world's biggest agile software project, has run into cost overruns and delays. Last weeks National Audit Office (NAO) report ... has had to write off at least £34m on the programme and delay the national launch of Universal Credit. The NAO ...
Mark Harper new Minister for Disabled People
15 July 2014 | News
We have a new Minister for Disabled People – Mark Harper. Mark was shadow ... Minister for disabled people before the 2010 election and we worked with him closely, which was a good experience. ... to scrap archaic laws debarring people with mental health problems from being MPs (if sectioned), company directors, ...
Support for Disabled councillors and candidates
10 May 2023 | News
Councillors play a vital role in shaping the future of their communities and improving the quality of life of local people. We need people from all backgrounds and experiences who reflect the communities that they serve. ...