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How Did We Get Involved In The Disability Rights Movement? DR UK Staff Blog Series - Our GYA Team
25 July 2024 | News
We are launching a new blog series that goes into the personal and activist history of Disability Rights UK staff members. ... local authorities in a variety of teams over the course of nearly 10 years. She has worked with older adults, ...
UK Social Security System Is “Consciously Cruel” and “Ruining Lives” Finds Amnesty UK
28 April 2025 | News
A new report from Amnesty UK takes a deep dive into “the murky and divisive world” of the UK social security system. The ... on food banks. Data from the Trussell Trust shows that nearly 7 in 10 (69%) of people referred to their food banks ...
How to cope with disability at work: Guardian live chat
21 February 2017 | News
Do you have a disability or are you an employer in need of expert advice on workplace issues? Guardian website Join the discussion on Wednesday 22 ... harassment at work because of disability. The legal rights and action victims of disability discrimination can take. ...
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 ...
Govt response: Better working with disabled people
15 January 2014 | News
In July 2013 the ODI published the consultation 'Better ... effective way for government to engage with disabled people and raised the question of the future of of Equality 2025 ... Minister of State for Care and Support; Identify specific issues for in-depth policy analysis, to be passed to experts ...
Poorest hit hardest by tax, social security and public spending reforms, Equality and Human Rights Commission reveals
16 November 2017 | News
The poorest in society are being hit the hardest by changes to tax, social security and public spending reforms, and are set to lose 10% of ... have on people by 2022. Whilst the poorest are set to lose nearly 10% of their incomes, the richest will lose barely 1%. ...
Government response to the call for evidence on access to elections
29 August 2018 | News
On Tuesday 5 September 2017, the Minister for the Constitution launched a Call for Evidence, ... how people with disabilities experience registering to vote and voting itself. Go to consultation and government ... national and / or local disabled persons groups to identify issues from the viewpoint of disabled people. Action 2: The ...
Half a Million in Disabled Households Forced into Severe Hardship by Green Paper Cuts
13 June 2025 | News
New analysis has found that 440,000 people in Disabled households will be forced into severe hardship and at risk of needing a food bank in 2029/30, if the UK ... ability to engage in training and work.” Source: Nearly half a million people in disabled households will be ...
VODG demands clarification on overnight case support
17 March 2019 | News
Disability services group issues fresh demand on government to resolve confusion in overnight support. Read press release Long-running ...
Obesity and disability
22 December 2014 | News
Fag og Arbejde (FOA) v Kommunernes Landsforening (KL) - Case C-354/13 This was a request for a ... the interpretation of the general principles of EU law and of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 ...