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Sue Bott gives evidence to MPs on disability and the built environment
25 October 2016 | News
Disability and the built environment: what are the priorities? View video of DR UK Deputy CEO Sue Bott giving evidence Find out more about the evidence session In ... their day-to-day activities either a lot or a little. Such issues can impact the accessibility of homes, buildings and ...
Why we should invest in independent living and empowerment
30 November 2015 | News
In this powerful speech in the Lords, Baroness Jane Campbell ... Ambassador) says why we should invest in independent living and empowerment. Jane's speech – health creation [DRAFT ... my noble friend, Lord Crisp for tabling this important and timely debate. Over the years my noble friend and I have ...
UC is “not fit for purpose”: TUC calls for a new benefit “to deliver a fair and dignified system for everyone”
22 September 2022 | News
... report by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) focuses on why and how Universal Credit (UC) should be replaced as the main means-tested benefit. While recognising that it wider ... is to provide a fairer, more effective system, and minimise problems for claimants and the staff who deliver this ...
Assisted Dying Bill: DDPOs Welcome Last Minute U-turn but Criticise Inadequate Scrutiny Process
28 January 2025 | News
The Committee overseeing evidence gathering on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has given in to pressure to include a Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisation (DDPO) on their list of ... expertise in a number of the very complex and difficult issues at the heart of this bill. “These are key ...
Women and Equalities Select Committee: pandemic has had “profoundly adverse effects” on disabled people’s access to services
21 December 2020 | News
... suffered a range of profoundly adverse effects from the pandemic, including starkly disproportionate deaths, says a report ... a range of profoundly adverse effects. They have faced problems with unequal access to food, and potentially ...
DWP incapable of delivering a pathway from poverty for ill and disabled people
20 January 2019 | News
The DWP is institutionally and culturally incapable of making the ... focus on social security. His new paper identifies three problems with the DWP. First, the department is afflicted by ...
DR UK demands set targets for disabled people’s employment in industrial strategy response
12 April 2017 | News
... Rights UK response to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy consultation “Building our ... working links at all levels with the Office for Disability Issues. Introduction Disability Rights UK is a national ... of thought processes that bring new perspectives on problems and hence better solutions. The sheer diversity of ...
People with common mental disorders have incomes two-thirds that of people without those conditions: new research report
07 February 2021 | News
Those with common mental disorders. like anxiety and depression have typical annual incomes just two-thirds ... has found that one in five people with mental health problems – equivalent to 3.7m people across the UK – say ... well as long term changes to tackle the systemic employment issues which have driven the “mental health income ...
Rights on Flights: DR UK and Sophie Morgan launch new campaign
22 February 2023 | News
DR UK, Disabled TV presenter Sophie Morgan and MP Marion Fellows have launched a new campaign to demand ... grants the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) the powers to fine airlines and other actors if they fail to look after ... holding airlines and/or other actors to account when such issues arise. Charters and codes of conduct would not work. ...
Food bank use increases by thirteen per cent
06 November 2018 | News
... foodbank supplies to people in crisis between April and September 2018, a 13% increase on the same period in ... of benefit levels to cover essential living costs and issues with payments remain the most common reasons for ... not the only benefit people at foodbanks are experiencing problems with the new system is increasingly driving ...