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Bus user "ridiculed and belittled" by drivers who refuse help boarding
13 December 2021 | News
A woman says she was left feeling "ridiculed and belittled" by a bus driver who refused to ... Instead of letting the ramp out, he shut the bus door and just left us there. I was so hurt because I don't ...
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 ...
End the “Persecution” of Unpaid Carers Says DR UK
09 April 2024 | News
The Government is facing calls to abandon cruel and nonsensical fines levied on ... according to statistics from Carers UK. “Meanwhile, nearly 8% of unpaid carers in receipt of carer’s allowance ...
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 speaks at APPG on Universal Credit and Disability Agenda
05 February 2018 | News
The APPG on Universal Credit and Disability took place in the Grimond Room in Portcullis House from 2pm – 3.15pm ... Rights UK. James Taylor, Head of Policy, Public Affairs and Campaign at Scope. Garry Lemon, Head of External Affairs ...
Switching Focus: Whose responsibility to improve disabled peoples employment and pay
28 November 2018 | News
... employers to improve disabled people’s employment and pay. It also considers how proposals could be framed and pursued, to enable people to unite to achieve them. www.lse.ac.uk/switchingfocus - full report, with executive summary at the front ...
Our submission to Lords Select Committee on Equality Act and Disability
28 September 2015 | News
... House of Lords Select Committee on the Equality Act 2010 and Disability The House of Lords Select Committee on the Equality Act 2010 and Disability published a call for evidence to the ... the provisions and implementation of the Equality Act 2010 in relation to how it serves disabled people. The Act was ...
DR UK Responds To Proposed Changes To Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
29 April 2024 | News
... to be published that will set out plans to change personal independence payments (PIP), the main disability benefit for adults, through changes to eligibility criteria and assessments. Personal Independence Payment is a vital piece of social infrastructure, and the clear agenda of the Government's latest proposal is ...
IIAC advises industrial injuries changes
16 June 2014 | News
The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) have reviewed the rule that allows decision makers of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) claims to ... the rule does not apply to all industrial diseases and some diseases have different time limits for the rule. ...
DPOs demand DHSC use the social model lens within its major condition strategy
27 June 2023 | News
... call for evidence . This is where the Department of Health and Social Care sought views and ideas on how to prevent, ... groups of health conditions that most affect the population in England. The following organisations co-sign this ... to the department’s consultation to recommend: Health issues must be through the social model lens to allow sport ...