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  • Give your views on accessibility within the railway system

    28 July 2016 | News

    DRUK Ambassador and DAA Transport project lead Stephen Brookes has been approached by National rail to assist in seeking people to attend a series of groups where ... end-to-end experience, whether there are any current problems when travelling on today's railway. They ...

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  • Demand for children’s mental health support three times beyond capacity

    23 June 2021 | News

    Projections from the Centre for Mental Health, involving NHS economists, suggest demand for child mental health support post pandemic will be up ... and social distancing have left a legacy of behavioural problems for children and families, with many children ...

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  • Disabled people launch legal challenge against consultation of rail ticket office closures

    20 July 2023 | News

    ... rail users have launched a legal challenge to the rail industry’s consultation on planned closure of hundreds of rail ticket offices across England over the next three years. Regular rail travellers Sarah ... even more so for disabled people given the accessibility issues described above. The Defendants have failed to take ...

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  • Date for Autumn £300 Cost of Living Payment Announced

    26 September 2023 | News

    The DWP will make the second 2023 Cost of Living payment of £300 to eligible claimants between 31 October and 19 November. This is the second of three payments over ... a payment from DWP will receive £300 from HMRC between 10 and 19 November.  Claimants will receive the payments ...

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  • Getting Advice

    07 October 2022 | Resource

    This resource gives brief information on ways you can get advice on benefits, social care and health related issues. Contents Face to face advice and case work Phone ...


  • Labour Fail to Appoint Minister for Disabled People One Week After Election

    12 July 2024 | News

    Last week the Labour party was swept into power, with the party leader Keir Starmer ushering in a ... election, many Disabled Peoples organisations, charities and Disabled activists are feeling deflated. As the new cabinet is rapidly assembled and names are applied to various governmental departments, ...

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  • MPs say Govt must focus work support on people with complex needs

    20 October 2015 | News

    Work and Pensions Committee: Welfare-to-work Second Report of Session 2015–16 The report finds that, despite nearly 70% of participants failing to ... or mental ill health; drug or alcohol dependency; housing problems or homelessness; and no record of employment in the ...

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  • Roy Curtis: Autistic man killed himself six days after latest ‘fitness for work’ demand

    07 December 2020 | News

    An inquest has heard that a disabled man took his own life six ... Errol Graham , the body of Roy Curtis – who was autistic and had significant experience of mental distress – was ... body was not discovered until seven months after his ESA and other linked benefits had been stopped and nine months ...

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  • Disability Rights UK on the impact of sanctions

    12 January 2015 | News

    Disability Rights UK featured in the televised Work and Pensions select committee evidence ... in our evidence to the inquiry that there are a number of problems with the safeguards that were introduced in 2000. ...

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  • UK On Track For Lowest Ever Benefit Levels By 2030

    10 October 2023 | News

    ... security system” is on track to reach its lowest level since records began, according to a new report by the ... rising poverty, poorer educational outcomes for children, and further additional costs to the state through issues such as worsening physical and mental ...

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