Search results
1221-1230 of 4159 results
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Time for a Fundamental Rethink of the Mental Health Bill's Approach to Risk
04 July 2025 | News
... of mental distress/trauma, has published a report into the Mental Health Bill currently going through the ... Bill’s approach to risk As the World Health Organisation and UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights have ... of the UNCRPD, we have received either no responses to the issues raised above, dismissive responses, or responses that ...
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 ...
Health of Millions at risk as Universal Credit Falls So Far Short of the Cost of Essentials
29 August 2023 | News
Organisations representing hundreds of thousands of health and care professionals, ... “ And as the prevalence of mental health problems rises, it’s more important than ever that we ...
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 ...
Transport and Isolation
04 October 2024 | News
As we have always insisted, transport-related social exclusion has ... been found to disproportionately affect Disabled people and those with long-term health conditions, and to particularly occur in areas with low incomes ...
Commons publishes briefing on the future of Attendance Allowance
09 October 2016 | News
A recent Government consultation proposed transferring Attendance Allowance to councils as part of 100% ... consider “giving more responsibility to councils in England, and to Wales, to support older people with care needs – ...