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DR UK joins public call for Michael Gove to freeze rents
23 February 2023 | News
... the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, Mayor of Liverpool City Region Steve Rotherham, leaders of the Green party, think tanks and charities have signed an open letter calling ... average rent rises of £3400 (20.5%) in December, nearly double the 12% national figure. Millions trapped ...
Ticket Office Consultation: Have Your Say Before it Ends!
25 August 2023 | News
The consultation on train operator proposals to close the majority of railway ticket offices in England ends on Friday 1 September, following an extension ... to unacceptable extreme short notice and accessibility issues. With one week to go before the public consultation ...
Disability Confidence Training for Managers
23 February 2019 | News
The course is designed for line managers, HR professionals and other interested ... disabled staff be confident in identifying access issues, interacting with disabled employees and supporting ...
Strategic partner updates for April 2014
02 April 2014 | News
Health and Social Care update from our work as Strategic Partner ... England and Public Health England. This month’s update includes reflections on Disability Rights UK’s events and ... first 10 trusts will be inspected at the end of April and early May so any feedback about these trusts would be very ...
Understanding Welfare Support and Sanctions
23 September 2014 | News
Welfare Conditionality would like to invite your organisation to support a major national ... project What is the research about? Welfare support and benefits increasingly require people to meet particular conditions and behave in certain ways. This study aims to understand ...
Disabled entrepreneurs and new technology
20 July 2015 | News
... University of Salford academics, Disability Rights UK and University of Dundee is set to launch a series of events ... people enter the world of entrepreneurship. The ‘In the making’ project will focus on digital business and the ways in which disabled people can harness the power ...
Monitoring poverty and social exclusion
23 November 2014 | News
This annual report, written by the New Policy Institute (NPI) for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, assesses the progress in tackling poverty and disadvantage across the UK The report focuses on money, housing, work, benefits and services, among other indicators. Key findings Poverty ...
Advocacy and social care report
05 February 2014 | News
... impact of advocacy, by the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) has found that a lack of robust evidence ... School of Social Care Research (SSCR), the NDTi gathered and reviewed the evidence available on the impact of ... who need support. Alison Macadam, NDTi Project Manager and co-author of the Scoping Review said: “Our review ...
A Better Work Capability Assessment is Possible says Demos report
19 February 2018 | News
... View full report “This is not a report about the failings of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) – not because ... welfare-to-work providers, disability charity workers and disability activists The report focuses on three issues how the WCA decides if a claimant’s impairments are ...
Fuel poverty and disabled people
09 February 2015 | News
Two new research reports have been published looking at fuel poverty and disabled people One from Leicester university’s Centre for Consumers and Essential Services considers the difficulties many ...