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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 ...
Access to Work inquiry: Our response
23 June 2014 | News
Frustrated ambition: disabled people want Access to Work expanded and improved Disability Rights UK has submitted written ... evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s inquiry into Access to Work . Liz Sayce says ‘Access to ...
1 in 4 fear future care provision inadequate
31 August 2014 | News
Public vote of no confidence in care and support system. Today the Care and Support Alliance publishes public opinion survey results ...
EHRC Inquiry into Criminal Justice System
11 July 2019 | News
Equality and Human Rights Commission seeks experiences of people with cognitive impairment, mental health condition and neurodiverse people in the criminal justice system The Equality and Human Rights ...
MPs launch inquiry into bereavement benefits
09 April 2019 | News
Work and Pensions Committee opens follow-up inquiry into “profound injustice” in bereavement benefits. Find ... well? How well has the Government done at explaining and promoting when people are eligible for the new ...
One Third of Disabled People are Struggling Financially
14 September 2023 | News
A new report into the impacts of the cost-of-living crisis on Disabled ... which is led by DR UK, Inclusion London, Inclusion Barnet and Disability Positive. The research surveyed 815 people ... of positive changes already happening on some of the issues we highlight in the report. But to make a real ...
Disabled people’s experiences of the benefits system: Committee publishes withheld Government-commissioned research
09 February 2022 | News
The Work and Pensions Committee of MPs has used parliamentary powers ... refused to make public. The report - The Uses of Health and Disability Benefits - was received by the DWP in September 2020. It followed a research project led by the ...
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Disability inquiry into access to elected office in the UK
16 May 2021 | News
Background Under the Equality Act of 2010, an individual is considered ‘disabled’ if they have a ... physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on their ability to do ... organisation or as an individual. However, please state clearly who the submission is from, i.e. whether from yourself ...
Minister previews Disability Green Paper social security reforms
23 May 2021 | News
The Minister for Disabled People Justin Tomlinson has given ... system for Disabled people through its long-delayed Health and Disability Green Paper. He has also said that the Green ... people. He responded by saying that said he viewed these issues “incredibly seriously” and that they would be ...