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The Disability Employment Charter has reached its 80th signatory
02 March 2022 | News
The Disability Employment Charter outlines nine key recommendations for the government to address ... include reforming schemes like Access to Work and improving advice services. Although the Charter calls ... over 80 signatories. One of the Charter recommendations is mandatory employment and pay gap reporting for employers with ...
Ways banking services can be can improved for disabled customers
17 December 2018 | News
The Banking Sector Champion, appointed by the Office for Disability Issues, is working with banks, building societies and The Post Office to look at ways they can improve ...
Irwin Mitchell Reaffirm Partnership with Parallel London
07 December 2016 | News
Law Firm Supports Inclusive Push/Run For Disabled Individuals National law ... London into 2017. Parallel London is designed for all ages and abilities; anybody can take part in one of our five ... Rights UK and can provide legal help with a wide range of issues. Irwin Mitchell Reaffirm Partnership with Parallel ...
Government scrapped plan for independent review of sanctions
27 January 2023 | News
The government abandoned proposals for an independent review of its much-criticised sanctions policy ... of how a Minister watered down plans to prevent suicides and learn lessons from the deaths of benefit claimants”, ...
DR UK Trustee wins Carer of the Year award
16 February 2022 | News
DR UK Trustee and Chair of the People and Governance Committee, Shelley ... UK as their Carer of the Year for her voluntary work during the lockdown. Shelley, whose son Fraser, aged eight, ... national media, radio and news channels on a huge range of issues. These included shielding, the vaccination of ...
TUC Slams “Zero Progress” on Disability Pay Gap in Last Decade
14 November 2023 | News
New analysis shows pay gap between non-disabled and disabled workers is now 14.6% – higher than it was a ... 30% – £3.73 an hour TUC says Labour’s New Deal for Working People would be a "game changer" for disabled workers, ... 10 (10.4%) BME disabled workers are unemployed compared to nearly one in 40 (2.6%) white non-disabled workers. ...
General Election campaign fails to be accessible for Disabled people
05 June 2024 | News
Two weeks ago, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stood outside 10 Downing Street and announced the date of the 2024 General election. Many ... Disabled people who told us they have raised accessibility issues with their local MPs, but they have been ignored.” ...
‘Dental deserts’ leave Disabled people without care
04 May 2022 | News
“Dental deserts” are affecting Disabled people across England after more than 2,000 dentists have given up their ... years. The number of dentists providing NHS care in England fell from 23,733 at the end of 2020 to 21,544 at the end ...
EHRC Says WCA Consultation Period Insufficient For Disabled People To Meaningfully Respond
31 October 2023 | News
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has written to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to request “as a matter of urgency” an ... reforms of the work capability assessment (WCA). Background In March 2023, the Government announced proposals to abolish ...
New Public Accounts Committee on local support for people with a learning disability
25 April 2017 | News
... - 58th Report - Local support for people with a learning disability. View report The report summary criticises ... into the community - too many people are not having care and treatment reviews and face uncertainty caused by the ... rights of People with Disabilities. Amongst its list of issues that has been put to the government the UN committee ...