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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 ...
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 ...
Combining WCA and PIP assessments: What does it mean?
17 March 2019 | News
Amber Rudd recently made a statement about moving the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) for Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (UC), and the PIP assessment services ...
DWP announces regional workshop events to ask disabled people how the social security system could better support their needs
09 October 2019 | News
The DWP is holding a series of nine regional workshop events “to hear ... from disabled people, disabled people’s organisations and charities” on social security reform. On 25 June, ... Government policy should be formulated in relation to all issues that impact on disabled people. We would also hope ...
Govt Human rights guidance for businesses
03 September 2013 | News
Good Business:Implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights This action plan is the UK’s national ... activities and impacts, and report on human rights issues and risks as appropriate as part of their annual ...
DCC priorities for the new Parliament
25 September 2014 | News
Disability Charities Consortium (DCC) shared positioning for the UK general election in May 2015 More than 12million people in the UK - and 16% of the working age population - live with a ... disabled people are growing as medical technology improves and people live longer. In 2012 1 in 6 people were aged over ...
Amber Rudd is the new Work and Pensions Secretary
15 November 2018 | News
How Amber Rudd voted on Welfare and Benefits. Almost always voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess ... helping those in financial need afford their council tax and reducing the amount spent on such support Consistently ...
Disabled people five times more likely to experience food poverty, says Food Foundation
16 February 2022 | News
The Food Foundation has published new research highlighting a sharp increase in the number of people experiencing ... the UK. Food insecurity means being unable to afford food and as a result having smaller meals than usual, or skipping ... Disabled people facing the biggest barriers to independence and inclusion that are in the worst situation, how can this ...