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International Day of Disabled People: leading us into the future
02 December 2015 | News
Imagine if we had thousands of leaders and influencers living openly with a disability or health ...
Government has broken equality laws during pandemic, Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary tells EHRC
20 October 2020 | News
The Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, Marsha de Cordova, has urged the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to investigate the government for breaking the law over the ...
Suspension of PIP and ESA face-to-face assessments continues but kept under review
06 July 2020 | News
In March, the DWP announced the suspension of PIP and ESA ... from unnecessary risk of coronavirus at the outset of the pandemic, “will remain in place following a consideration ...
Concern and surprise over survey that showed care users do not want staff vaccinated
23 November 2021 | News
... News Service has reported on the surprise of DPOs that nearly two-thirds of people in need of social care do not support mandatory Covid vaccinations. It says that the government ...
Govt response to PIP delays
06 January 2014 | News
On Monday 6 January Mike Penning responded to a series of questions, from MPs, on the ... Mr Jim Cunningham : To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what guidelines his Department has issued on ... take as it is important for us to get the assessment right and to give claimants the opportunity to tell the assessor ...
TfL want your views on portable hearing loops and speech-to-text technology
22 February 2018 | News
Since mid-January, Transport for London have been trialling portable hearing loops and speech-to-text technology at three central London Tube stations. They are trialling these products to understand how they assist customers with hearing impairments when ...
WCA Reforms Will Reduce Claimant Caseload by 37 Times More Than It Will Increase Employment
04 December 2023 | News
In his Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced that the ... assessment (WCA), aimed to save the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) nearly £1.3 billion a year by 2028. While the WCA for ...
Asthma attacks in more than a million people linked to UK cost of living crisis rationing
29 September 2022 | News
One in five (20%) people living with asthma in the UK – of ... they have been forced to make due to rising energy, food and household bills, according to the research by Asthma + ... asthma attacks after cutting back on medicine, heating and food amid the soaring cost of living crisis, a survey ...
MP calls for face mask exemption awareness campaign
04 November 2020 | News
Disabled people who are unable to wear face coverings due to their impairments, are continuing to encounter hostility from some retail and transport staff and members of the general public. Whilst the exemptions are clearly set out in regulations, there has been a failure by ...
Five disabled children die by suicide in one county in lockdown
13 July 2020 | News
Five disabled children have died by suicide in the last three months in Kent according to a report in ... a year. The children had special needs, including autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder which may have ... “The causes are unclear… but restrictions to education and other activities, disruption to care and support ...