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Liz Sayce on You and Yours
10 July 2014 | News
... Executive of Disability Rights UK, was on BBC radio 4's You and Yours Programme, yesterday, to talk about Access to ... disabled people the help they need to get a job. But You and Yours has learned that people are now having their support re-assessed if they don't earn enough. The ...
2014 benefit and tax credit rates
11 December 2013 | News
We have now published links to the 2014-2015 benefit rates, tax credits rates income tax allowances and National Insurance thresholds To view these go to ... . 2014 benefit and tax credit rates ...
Care Act Guidance and Regulations Response
14 August 2014 | News
... to this consultation. Read our response. We have not gone into details on all the guidance because we have been involved in many meeting with the Department of Health and we are endorsing the responses from the Care and Support Alliance of which we are members. You can find ...
Loss of disability premiums when claiming UC is discriminatory says High Court
13 June 2018 | News
Mr Justice Lewis ruled that the DWP unlawfully discriminated against two severely disabled men who both saw their ... dramatically reduced when they moved Local Authority and were required to claim Universal Credit. More about ... better treatment. AR suffers from severe mental health issues. In 2017, he moved from Middlesbrough to Hartlepool, ...
Covid, disability and racism commission launched
08 August 2022 | News
... Rights UK CEO Kamran Mallick is to chair a commission exploring the impact on Disabled people of the Covid pandemic and systemic racism. The Voluntary Organisations Disability ...
New Children and Families Bill briefing
26 June 2013 | News
This Children and Families Bill briefing has been written for the second reading of the Bill in the House of Lords The Children and Families Bill will change support for disabled young ...
We deplore the draft Home Office guidance on solitary confinement
03 August 2016 | News
... Sayce, says this will damage the health of disabled people and could be life-threatening. People held at Britain’s immigration removal centres ... living with mental health – or indeed other health – issues even if this will damage their health or be ...
Our new Policy and Communications Manager
25 November 2013 | News
Arriving at Disability Rights UK – Philip Connolly introduces himself and outlines his aspirations in his role as our Policy and Communications Manager. You can view the blog at ...
Three questions to ask your parliamentary candidates
17 May 2017 | News
We as disabled people make up 1 in 5 of the UK population - that is all of us living with an ... Below we have suggested three questions you can ask the candidates in your constituency, as well as suggestions in bullet point on issues you may wish them to particularly respond on. Make it ...
Government’s National Disability Strategy ‘disappointingly thin’
27 July 2021 | News
Reacting to the publication of the Government’s National ... thin on immediate actions, medium-term plans and the details of longer term investment. “The Strategy ... been given the bold plans that will fix these huge issues. “A vision is not enough. Admitting change won’t ...