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Leveson Inquiry: third party complaints
17 March 2013 | News
... a letter from Disability Rights UK , End Violence Against Women Coalition, Mind, National Aids Trust and Inclusion London calling for a third party complaints ...
Is Independent Living in a Jam?
21 December 2016 | News
... Bott reflects on the current concerns about social care funding. View blog Penny Pepper writing in the Guardian reflects ... authority to be able to employ her own personal assistant and go Christmas shopping without her mum. She would stand little chance today. Sue asks "Is Independent Living in ...
DR UK welcomes Govt acceptance of task group recommendations for bus wheelchair spaces
07 March 2018 | News
The Task and Finish Group on the Use of Wheelchair Spaces on Buses’ has ... to clarify the position for bus companies following the Paulley decision. The Government has accepted these ... users. "Disability Rights UK was at the forefront in demanding a change in the law as the only viable solution to ...
Abandoned, forgotten and ignored' – report shows Coronavirus' impact on disabled people
24 June 2020 | News
Inclusion London has launched its interim report based on ... disabled people have been discriminated against, forgotten, and in some cases abandoned as policymakers have ignored our ... talked about increasing levels of psychological distress Nearly half of the respondents talked about inaccessible ...
The future of social care and the forthcoming govt green paper
07 March 2018 | News
Yesterday, Think Local Act Personal held a meeting to discuss the future ... partnership that promotes personalisation, direct payments and personal budgets in social care. TLAP heard from Department of Health and Social Care officials. You can find their ...
Govt talks with DR UK and DBC on PIP mobility rules
04 May 2016 | News
... the Government’s agreement to hold urgent talks with us and the Disability Consortium on the fairness of the current PIP moving around descriptors. The public offer was made by the DWP ... Government to hold urgent talks with Disability Rights UK and the Disability Benefits Consortium to identify a ...
Almost half of Grenfell fire deaths were Disabled people and children
30 March 2021 | News
Fifteen of the 37 Disabled residents and 17 of the 67 children living in Grenfell Tower died in the fire that killed 72 people ... They raised safety concerns which were dismissed time and again. The Inquiry has heard from residents who said ...
Health and care services urged to improve engagement with Disabled people
26 July 2022 | News
The King’s Fund and Disability Rights UK have published a new ... ‘Towards a new partnership between disabled people and health and care services: getting our voices heard’ . Disabled people face poorer ...
Social care sector: zero hour contracts, high turnover and mainly British
24 September 2018 | News
This Skills for Care report examines workforce characteristics about the entire adult social care workforce in England such as age, gender, ethnicity and specific job role information. Read report Key findings ...
Universal Credit sanctions more than double that for ESA and JSA
14 August 2018 | News
... compared to 0.3% of people on jobseeker’s allowance (JSA) and 0.1% cent of people on employment and support allowance (ESA), according to new DWP statistics. The DWP figures show that from ...