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DWP abandons 80% benefit reconsideration targets
13 December 2017 | News
... PIP & ESA process Work & Pensions Committee media release In response to pressure from the Work and Pensions Select Committee the Department for Work and ... measurement only used to indicate areas” where there were problems with the original decisions being made, will be ...
Disabled man spent 18 months sleeping on parent’s sofa due to Council’s care plan failure
15 August 2018 | News
A man with mental health problems was forced to sleep on his parents’ sofa for 18 ... failed to support him properly. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO), which found the council ... man from potential harm, or support his parents adequately. In this case, the man had lived in supported accommodation ...
Disability Rights UK's Response to Government UC and PIP Bill Vote and Concessions
02 July 2025 | News
Following the second reading vote yesterday, Tuesday 1st July, ... publishes our response to the passing of the Government UC and PIP Bill, alongside the last-minute concessions from the ... relieved that following major protests by Disabled people and significant rebellions from Labour MPs, cuts to Personal ...
Organisations and Specialists Supporting Disabled People Respond to Building Safety Minister’s Grenfell PEEPs Statement
17 September 2024 | News
A coalition of organisations and specialists supporting Disabled people have published their response to the ... address the Phase 1 recommendation “that the owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be ...
DR UK Post-16 Education and Training Conference 25 and 26 February 2021
21 February 2021 | News
Improving post -16 outcomes for disabled young people in education, training and employment Thursday 25 th February 2021, 10.00 am - ... time for disabled young people seeking education, training and work. We need to work creatively and collaboratively to ...
Disabled man starved to death after DWP wrongly stopped his benefits
26 January 2020 | News
... after the DWP wrongly stopped his out-of-work benefits, leaving him without any income, the Disability News Service (DNS) has reported. Errol Graham weighed just four-and-a-half stone when his body was found by bailiffs who had ... inquiry into links between the deaths of claimants and the actions and failings of the DWP. Assistant coroner ...
Tender Brief: DPO Support Hub Content Consultancy
29 June 2023 | News
Disability Rights UK are looking to contract several consultants with experience working ... Support Hub, to help create a centralised body of resources and work to aid DPOs in their vital organising in support of ... extends pre-existing inequalities and compounds the issues faced by DPOs and SMCOs. We believe that providing ...
Disability and Migration Network Respond To Care Worker Visa Announcement
12 May 2025 | News
Following on from the Prime Minister's announcement yesterday that ... to shut the overseas care worker visa route, the Disability and Migration Network, of which DR UK is a part of, has ... that we fight back against the rising anti-migrant rhetoric and policies we see from the current government. “The ...
Contribute to important research and get a £15 Amazon voucher and a chance of another £100
18 February 2018 | News
Disability Rights UK has partnered with University of Birmingham to conduct a study into how we produce knowledge and information about physical activity aimed at disabled ... like to hear from you… If you consider yourself disabled and affected by one or more of the following impairments; ...
Work Capability Test Not Fit for Purpose
07 February 2013 | News
... Assessment. They found that the work capability test is causing fear and distress, it is not accurate enough and it raises ... some changes to the test, but looking forward we see more problems ahead. Disabled people are amazed that the largest ...