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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 ...
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 ...
Government put Disabled people at risk in COVID vaccination process
20 January 2025 | News
The Covid Public Inquiry has heard that Disabled people were put at risk by failures to consider our needs during the planning and roll out of the vaccination process. Appearing on behalf ... discrimination against Disabled People in the vaccine and therapeutics rollout, citing “patterns of repeated ...
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 ...
Why people commit hate crime
22 July 2015 | News
... why people commit hate crime Read a summary of the findings of the report The report pinpoints among other ... get away with them Disability Rights UK calls on the police and courts to treat disability hate crime as a serious ... needs to be an increase in the reporting of hate crimes, and incidents. Until, the majority of these crimes are ...
The number of new PIP claimants has doubled in a year
06 December 2022 | News
A new report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) highlights that the ... Independence Payment (PIP) doubled between July 2021 and July 2022. In summer 2021, each month 15,000 or so ... The increase in claimants is seen across medical conditions and ages, with the fastest rise among teenagers, where claim ...
DR UK CEO included in BAME 100 Business Leaders index
19 September 2019 | News
Kamran Mallick is listed on Green Park's 2019 BAME 100 Business Leaders Index Kamran has been listed on Green Park’s ... Leaders index, celebrating Britain’s black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) board-ready talent. Published by ... BAME individuals. But as this year’s BAME 100 list clearly demonstrates, the talent is out there – and in ...
Call for evidence: Inquiry into social care funding in England
13 September 2018 | News
The Economic Affairs Committee, is launching an inquiry into the social care system in England and invites written contributions to its investigation. Find ...
National Campaign Launched Aiming For Step Change In Disability Justice
12 September 2024 | News
We all want a decent quality of life for ourselves and those we care about. Yet two million Disabled people are trapped in deep poverty, unable to afford to eat or heat their home. ... million) live in a household with a D isabled person. Nearly half of the poverty in the UK is therefore directly ...
Council adopts novel approach to protect Blue Badge holders
08 August 2022 | News
A campaigning group on driving issues for Disabled people has welcomed ... to attend the equivalent of a speed awareness course and to pay £100 administrative costs, using their powers to ...