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Celebrating All-party Parliamentary Group on Disability
03 June 2013 | News
... of All-party Parliamentary Group on Disability, and Marije Davidson’s contribution As Marije Davidson, ... Jane Campbell says: ‘With Disability Rights UK’s continued high calibre servicing of this All-Party Group (APPDG) ... These enable peers and MPs to become better informed on issues on which legislation/policy is going through or ...
Local authority social care responsibilities under the spotlight
09 June 2016 | News
... ability to be able to support people with personal budgets and implement the Care Act. The first is a report from the Public Accounts Committee that has been taking evidence and considering how well local councils are ... Committee is inviting written submissions on the following issues: The impact of the 2015 Spending Review and Local ...
DR UK reflects on David Blunkett’s speech
11 March 2015 | News
... baton that we will take forward – as disabled people leading change – and we want to work with allies who share the vision." ... allies who share the vision. Mr Blunkett has raised vital issues: The need to move from the patronising ‘pat on the ...
Domestic Abuse Bill risks sending disabled people “back to the days of the Victorian asylums”
13 July 2020 | News
Disability Rights UK has written to the Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC, the Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice, the Rt Hon Priti Patel ... its grave concerns about provision for disabled people in the Domestic Abuse Bill. The ‘carers’ defence’ ...
DR UK wants true reporting on WCA
04 February 2014 | News
Following news that 32% of new claimants for Employment and ... assessment against criteria called descriptors Some of the problems identified Most people have no idea of the first ...
Over three quarters of a million Disabled people left out of shielding help
21 April 2021 | News
... quarters of a million people who should have been shielding and offered practical support at the start of the ... We welcome the Committee shining a spotlight on these issues and drawing the same conclusions as leading ...
DVLA criticised for delays in vehicle licence applications
29 March 2023 | News
MPs have been investigating the backlog of driving-licence applications that have been accumulating at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). Up to three million ... unanswered. The Public Accounts Committee also said that nearly three million customers notifying the DVLA of medical ...
BMA Response to COVID-19 Letter
29 April 2020 | News
... British Medical Association writes response to "Covid 19 and the rights of disabled people" letter The British ... the trade union and professional association for doctors in the UK, has responded to the open letter " Covid 19 and ... is important that we, as a society, begin to discuss these issues now, in case they become necessary and resources ...
Woman challenged by police to produce mask exemption document
20 January 2021 | News
A woman was removed from a supermarket by police in Kent after refusing to show evidence of her medical ... exemption from needing to wear a face covering. National and local press picked up on video recorded by the woman and first published on social media. The Daily Mail branded ...
DR UK raises concerns about PIP changes to the Minister for Disabled People
14 March 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK has signed an open letter urging Penny Mordaunt MP, Minister for Disabled People to ... (PIP) which will leave at least 160,000 disabled people and those with long-term conditions without vital financial ... equipment and insurance. Those with mental health issues, learning disabilities and autism face just as severe ...