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Fazilet Hadi awarded MBE, for services to Promoting the Interests of Disabled People
02 January 2025 | News
... of Policy at Disability Rights UK, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s New Year Honours List. Her combination of warmth and incisive grasp of disability rights is impressive and has helped to build DR UK’s strong policy reputation." ...
DWP Ordered To Release Information About Decision to Scrap WCA
14 November 2023 | News
The Information Commissioner has ordered the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to release vital information about its ... then be rolled out, for new claims only from 2026/2027 and 2029 for existing claimants. However, on 8 September, ...
Fulfilling Potential: Making it happen
01 July 2013 | News
Department For Work And Pensions Written Ministerial Statement by Esther McVey Fulfilling Potential ... across the whole of Government and beyond. It sets out clearly in one place where progress has been made and also ...
Met Police officer fired after assaulting black child with learning disabilities
05 May 2021 | News
A 17 year-old who was an inpatient at a mental health unit was repeatedly struck by a Metropolitan (Met) police officer and had CS spray used on her after she became distressed ... particularly where the person involved has mental health issues, is of concern…PC Kemp's immediate reaction when ...
DR UK delivers climate statement to COP27
29 November 2022 | News
... last week with a breakthrough agreement to provide "loss and damage" funding for vulnerable countries hit hard by climate disasters. ... climate warms due to barriers to accessing warning systems and transportation, as well as generally poor health, health ...
Compulsory meetings with health care professionals
08 July 2013 | News
Government announces two year pilot requiring people on sickness benefits to have regular meetings with doctors, occupational health nurses and therapists to help them address their barriers to work ... readiness for work by taking steps to manage their health issues. The three schemes are: health care professional-led ...
The challenges of personal health budgets
27 August 2013 | News
... evaluation report published today by the Nuffield Trust examines how personal health budgets will work in practice and the issues they raise for both commissioners and policy makers. ...
Disabled people ‘forgotten by Government’ as ‘perfect storm’ puts vital services on the brink
01 June 2020 | News
... disability charities have criticised the Government for failing to represent the interests of disabled people. ... disabled people are being “forgotten by the Government” and “allowed to fall through the cracks”. Vital services ... to specifically support disabled people through the pandemic and beyond, with many services suspended and facing ...
EHRC has a new Equality and human rights helpline for advisers
20 February 2018 | News
... the Equality Advisory Support Service (EASS) helpline for members of the public. The numbers are : England: 0161 829 8190 Scotland: 0141 228 5990 Wales: 029 2044 7790 The service is ...
DR UK responds to the shelving of the Bill of Rights
07 September 2022 | News
... CEO of Disability Rights UK, said: One of the new Prime Minister's first actions this week was to shelve the British ... would have seen the withdrawal of the Human Rights Act 1998 and replaced it with dangerously fewer human rights ... Human Rights Act, and instead prioritise the many urgent issues currently facing Disabled people in this country. DR ...