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DBC response to PIP aids and appliances descriptors consultation
07 February 2016 | News
... responded to this consultation, which sought views on changing the way that aids and appliances are taken into account when determining ... a fair benefits system. Using its knowledge, experience and direct contact with disabled people, family and carers, ...
New Kings Fund report on health and social care
03 September 2014 | News
A new settlement for health and social care This is the final report from the independent Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England. In it, the commission discusses ...
Court of Appeal allows DWP lone parent benefit cap appeal but allows further appeal to Supreme Court
15 March 2018 | News
DA and Others v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Read ... appeal by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions against a High Court ruling last summer that the benefit cap ... In addition, recognising the real public importance of the issues raised, the Court of Appeal has taken the very ...
Office of Rail and Road announces new safeguarding measures
04 October 2020 | News
The Office of Rail and Road has announced new safeguarding measures which will improve reliability for requests for ... scheme, following a successful trial by Network Rail, GTR and South West Railway, focuses on improving and simplifying ...
Disability Rights Movement archive and exhibitions awarded Lottery funding
14 December 2022 | News
... of the Disability Rights Movement. The Movement was integral to achieving the Disability Discrimination Act in 1995, and the four-year project will record and digitise these unique social history and heritage ...
Postpone tax credit cuts says Work and Pensions Committee
10 November 2015 | News
... for a year to enable debate about the future of working-age benefits, a group of MPs said today. The Chancellor ... rejected by the House of Lords. In its report, the Work and Pensions Committees also accuse the Treasury of being ... with the increase in the income tax personal allowance and the National Living Wage, the tax credits cuts would ...
Disabled user experience on England's motorways and major roads
05 December 2018 | News
An accessible road network? Disabled user experience on England's motorways and major 'A' roads. Read report A new transportfocus report ... uncovers the barriers disabled people encounter when travelling on roads managed by Highways England. The research ...
DR UK and Unison hold joint event on Brexit
15 September 2019 | News
Disability Rights UK and UNISON joint event at Parliament to discuss disability rights after Brexit On Tuesday September 10th UNISON and Disability Rights UK held a joint roundtable discussion ...
New cheap and accessible, holiday opportunity for disabled people
07 February 2018 | News
Matchinghouses.com was created in 2004 to allow disabled people, ... for holidays, rather than rely on unreliable, expensive, and often inaccessible hotel accommodation. Matchinghouses.com have now expanded the concept to include families with disabled ...
Government responds on Apprenticeships and notes DR UK evidence
23 September 2015 | News
... to the Education Committee report on apprenticeships and traineeships for 16 to 19 year olds You can read the report and the Government's response here You can view our evidence ...