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Philip Connolly looks back on five years at DR UK and says goodbye
28 March 2019 | News
In this, his final blog for Disability Rights UK, our policy ... Philip Connolly talks about some of his achievements and discusses a future where disabled people cooperate, create and disrupt. Read his full blog What if disabled people were ...
How could employers and services better support disabled people through sickness absence?
13 February 2018 | News
Scope are carrying out new research about taking sickness absence from work. They would like to hear your ... voucher as a thank you for your time. How could employers and services better support disabled people through sickness ...
People deprived of liberty due to misapplication of Mental Health and Capacity Acts
22 February 2021 | News
A new report from the King’s Fund shows that people are being unlawfully deprived ... Respondents said the codes of practice for the two Acts and their respective case law were difficult to understand and keep up to date with. The MCA was seen as having ...
Cabinet office fails to engage with DPOs
28 January 2019 | News
... of Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs), to the Cabinet Office, about a workshop on the barriers facing ... Disabled Peoples Organisations to express our deep dismay and concern about the total lack of engagement of Disabled ... officials from Cabinet Office, the Office for Disability Issues and ‘a small group of academics and disability ...
Citizens Advice warns of prepayment meter debt crisis
06 October 2022 | News
... prepayment energy meters by the end of 2022. CA are calling on the government to stop companies forcing people onto ... way to pay energy bills. A meter is installed in the home and topped up with credit bought either online or from a ... when someone cannot access their meter due to accessibility issues. Suppliers should carry out special checks to make ...
New rules tighten exclusion of Disabled students from Universal Credit
08 November 2021 | News
The Government has issued new regulations, removing an exemption ‘work around’ allowing Disabled ... the new rules that come into force from 15 December 2021 and provide that someone entitled to DLA or PIP will allow ... students who receive DLA or PIP can receive both ESA and Housing Benefit. Receipt of both benefits means that ...
DWP refuse to publish analysis of £20 week Universal Credit uplift ‘as it is not in the public interest’
18 July 2021 | News
... written to Therese Coffey MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, after the DWP refused to disclose any analysis ... it has undertaken on the potential impact on poverty of cutting the weekly Universal Credit £20 uplift from October ... for it to be released. However, we believe that it is clearly in the public interest to know whether this decision ...
Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
23 April 2025 | Resource
Your child can claim disability living allowance (DLA) if they are under 16, disabled and need extra help to look after themselves or ... diaries can be useful when explaining more sporadic problems caused by your child's condition, such as falls or ...
Government industrial strategy in danger of excluding disabled people
06 November 2017 | News
Despite disabled people being the largest demographic group not economically active, ... strategy as a way to strengthen Britain’s economy and skills as the country heads into Brexit. Philip Connolly, policy and communications manager at Disabled Rights UK, told ...
Prescription charges in England to increase to £8.60
15 March 2017 | News
... announced there will be an April prescription charge rise in England from £8.40 to £8.60. Responding to the increase in ... Co-Chair the Prescription Charges Coalition, a group of nearly 40 organisations campaigning to end prescription ...