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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 ...
Benefits cap hurts children and lone parents
06 August 2013 | News
The DWP has produced statistics showing the number of households capped to June 2013 By the end of June 2013: Almost 2.7 thousand households had their housing benefit capped 85% of households had between 1 and 4 children 74% of households constituted a single parent ...
Social care faces Coronavirus and immigration ‘perfect storm’
10 March 2020 | News
The social care sector must be prioritised in the Budget, as it faces a ‘perfect storm’ of the threat from Coronavirus and new immigration policy, set to kick in from 1 January 2021. Potentially hundreds of thousands of job vacancies could remain unfilled as a result of ...
Ministers and councils urged to dump ‘disability tax’
11 November 2018 | News
Charging for social care is an unfair and costly tax on ... in both the amount they charge for social care support - and who they charge. The study aimed to establish whether ...
Disability Rights UK Research and Manifesto on Brexit
20 April 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK has been researching the possible impact of Brexit on disabled people’s ... has included looking at UK laws that have a basis in EU law and what might be required to avoid aspects being lost or ... Centres for Independent Living, charities, Trade Unions and individual disabled people. To provide some legislative ...
More meetings and preparations for I Can Make It
09 February 2017 | News
... for Liverpool Hannah Ross spoke at a well-attended panel in at the University of Oxford as part of the 42 Bedford Row ... ‘the long-term goals of the I Can Make It campaign and how they fit in with the government’s promises to ... She “valued hearing the opinions of law professionals and academics, who had experience dealing with companies and ...
‘It’s everyone’s journey’ – transport campaign and funding launched
28 October 2019 | News
Bus services in Great Britain are to receive a £2m cash injection to provide audio and visual equipment to help people with visual and hearing impairments know when to board and alight from ...
DLA, PIP and AA now devolved to Scotland
28 March 2016 | News
The Scotland Act 2016, that fulfils the commitments made by the UK ... the Scottish Parliament, has now become law. These powers include the ability to set income tax rates and thresholds as well as control over a significant part of ...
Providers announced for the Work and Health Programme
31 October 2017 | News
The Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, Penny ... Mordaunt, has announced the 6 providers for the new Work and Health Programme . [source Touchbase 122 ] Central ...