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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 ...
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 ...
Our statement on ILF closure
28 June 2015 | News
STATEMENT ON THE CLOSURE OF THE INDEPENDENT LIVING FUND Tomorrow the Independent Living Fund ... opposed closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) unless and until an effective alternative approach is in place that ... the transfer of responsibility for ILF recipients in England to local authorities taking place tomorrow. 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 ...
Disability Rights UK submission to the Children and Famillies Bill Committee
20 March 2013 | News
... Rights UK is concerned that proposals will reduce existing rights and protections for young people leaving school, in college and post-16 education and training. Our submission is ...
New volunteer for Get Yourself Active and Get Out, Get Active
09 January 2017 | News
Iyiola Olafimiyan has kindly offered to come and support some of the work we are doing on Get Yourself Active and Get Out, Get Active. He will be coming in on a Friday ...
Personal Budgets: The right social care support
15 April 2025 | Resource
The Care Act introduces new functions upon councils to focus on promoting wellbeing and prevention including offering personal budgets, ... interests of the beneficiaries of the Trust. The same issues apply about any financially assessed contributions ...
AGM January 2015
26 January 2015 | News
Disability Rights UK 3rd Annual General Meeting: 26 January 2015 -1pm – 4pm at Resource for London The ... Disability Rights UK Liz Sayce then outlined the past year and what we can expect in the coming year. Following members ... provision - We had 700,000 downloads of our factsheets and 8,000 were served through our helplines (our Self ...