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Just one in ten blind people could vote in election – RNIB report
14 October 2020 | News
... has released a new report – Turned Out 2019 – about blind and partially sighted people’s experience of voting in the ... right, but the current voting system relies on sight and simply does not work for blind and partially sighted ...
140 disabled people ‘incarcerated’ in hospitals due to lack of accessible housing
10 March 2020 | News
Leading learning disability charity Mencap has uncovered data ... Central, Lucy Powell, said that the council had a “moral and financial” duty to house him, following a Guardian ... Ahmed has multiple disabilities, is registered blind and uses a wheelchair but has been well enough to leave an ...
High Court finds DWP unlawfully refused Universal Credit to disabled students for seven years - only for Secretary of State to change the law to bar them again
11 November 2020 | News
... published High Court judgment has shown that, between 2013 and 2020, thousands of disabled students were unlawfully barred from claiming Universal Credit for essential living costs benefit. ...
DR UK briefing on Govt initiatives to increase apprenticeships for disabled people
21 May 2018 | News
Comments on government initiatives to increase apprenticeships for disabled people and summary of DR UK Into Apprenticeships, Traineeships and Supported Internships event 2018 Read briefing DR UK ...
UNITE Magazine ceases publication
02 April 2019 | News
After 14 issues the disability rights magazine UNITE has ceased publication, effective immediately. ... that UNITE cannot afford the cost of publishing, printing and posting magazines. UNITE will also cease on social ...
New Z2K Report Security Not Sanctions: Making Universal Credit Work For Seriously Ill And Disabled People
22 May 2024 | News
... recommendations co-produced with disabled claimants, calling for a major overhaul of how universal credit works with health and disability. The report highlights that ‘economic inactivity’ and disability benefits are high on the government’s ...
Sue Bott to speak at Westminster Social Policy Forum
02 August 2017 | News
Deputy CEO Sue Bott is to speak on Key issues for the workforce in the context of Brexit and the Living Wage - challenges for recruitment and ...
54,665 ESA sanctions since 2012
18 February 2015 | News
Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance sanctions: decisions made to September ... 2014 The latest Government figures on sanctions show that, since December 2012 the DWP has issued 54,665 sanctions to ...
The University of Stirling to study the impact of place and stigma on older Disabled adults
23 August 2022 | News
University of Stirling housing expert Dr Vikki McCall will lead new research to ... Stigma of Place-based Ageing (ISPA)’ will investigate and identify how stigma related to age, disability, and where someone lives creates additional barriers for ...
The University of Stirling to study the impact of place and stigma on older Disabled adults
22 August 2022 | News
University of Stirling housing expert Dr Vikki McCall will lead new research to ... Stigma of Place-based Ageing (ISPA)’ will investigate and identify how stigma related to age, disability, and where someone lives creates additional barriers for ...