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The APPDG meets with Mike Penning
07 January 2014 | News
Philip Connolly, DR UK Policy and Communications Manager reports on the meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Disability Group (APPDG) ... from 50 m to 20 m in the PIP assessment, given legal issues, but he did venture one opinion, “It was arbitrary ...
DPOs seek participation in COVID Public Inquiry
06 September 2022 | News
The first module of the COVID Public Inquiry , which focuses on pre-pandemic planning, starts next April. 13 DPOs have applied ... including accessing relevant documents, making opening and closing submissions and identifying questions for ...
Surveys on EHRC inquiry into disabled housing
10 January 2018 | News
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) are investigating the chronic lack of accessible and adaptable housing available for disabled people in ...
Understanding Disabled People's Housing Pathways: Initial Insights
04 January 2016 | News
This research collects and analyses information on disabled people's experiences when trying to find a suitable home that met their needs and that they could afford. The research found that disabled ...
MPs tell Government to review the use and impacts of benefit sanctions
20 February 2017 | News
In its latest report, the Public Accounts Committee says ... variations in the use of benefit sanctions are unacceptable and must be addressed. View report recommendations In Disability Rights UK’s response to the DWP, Health and Disability Green Paper “Improving Lives” we noted ...
Benefit changes and loneliness behind the growing deficit of mental health care
12 March 2019 | News
NHS Ptoviders report - Mental health services: Addressing the care deficit Read news item Read key points and conclusions of report Over half (59 per cent) of NHS ... which identifies widespread concerns about growing social and economic hardship in their communities - in particular ...
DR UK calls for more coordinated and flexible support for disabled entrepreneurs
02 May 2017 | News
"Gig economy" companies free-riding on the welfare state. Read report View our response to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy consultation “Building our Industrial Strategy” In its report the Work and Pensions Committee says Government must close the ...
3D Printing: What is it and what can it do for you?
31 January 2016 | News
... Lecturer at the University of Dundee who specialises in interaction design, especially the use of technologies to support communities and civic engagement. You might have seen an increasing ... number of articles in the media about 3D printing and digital fabrication in recent years, predicting that we ...
I Can Make It activity and Ministerial support for the Social Value Act
20 July 2017 | News
I Can Make It welcomes comments made by Penny Mordaunt the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work on 13 th July, in a speech to Localis , an ... who have a real focus on boosting employment, training and skills for disabled people as part of their bids. Public ...
Inquiry into supported housing funding reform launched
18 December 2016 | News
The Work and Pensions Committee and the Communities and Local Government Committee launch a joint inquiry into the Government's funding reform for ...