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Disabled adults four times worse off financially than non-disabled adults finds new DBC report
15 July 2019 | News
... new report by the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) outlines the damaging impact on the finances and lived experience of welfare reform on disabled people. ... Rights UK is a member, is a national coalition of charities and other organisations committed to working towards a fair ...
The Valuable 500 hits its CEO target
19 May 2021 | News
Global business collective, The Valuable 500 , has reached its goal of ... Shell, Sky, Sony, Twitter, Unilever, Virgin Media, Verizon and Vodafone. The membership includes 36 of the FTSE 100 companies, 46 of the Fortune 500 and 28 of the Nikkei. Almost three quarters (70%) of its ...
The Labour Party gives a vague response to the Disability Scorecard
25 June 2024 | News
... the major political parties on their policies for the upcoming General Election based on the Disabled People’s ... allows disabled people to judge each party on what issues matters most to them before casting a vote in the ... to send paragraphs on each topic which our team analysed and deciphered. Where they provided no clarity or vague ...
Estimated £2 per hour pay gap for Disabled employees
18 October 2024 | News
... an hour than their non-Disabled counterparts. When compiling the report, ONS defined disability as a physical or ... which has or is expected to last at least 12 months and reduces ability to carry out day-to-day activities. The ... the median gross hourly earnings of Disabled employees and non-Disabled employees – has “remained broadly ...
Scottish Social Security Bill passed
25 April 2018 | News
The Social Security (Scotland) Bill, allowing the Scottish Government to make its first social ... paid For further information on welfare rights, education issues and social care you will find our factsheets/guides ...
10 Political parties fail to respond to the Disability Scorecard
27 June 2024 | News
... Manifesto is a series of policies that would create a just and fairer society for all including the 16 million Disabled people in the UK. When the ... would allow Disabled people to judge each party on what issues matters most to them before casting a vote in the ...
TransPennine Express to run rail services with no wheelchair spaces
30 May 2018 | News
... agreement with the Department for Transport, TransPennine Express (TPE) will introduce two extra trains which will ... provision, will run every weekday between Liverpool and Scarborough via Manchester Victoria, Huddersfield, Leeds ... made when purchasing tickets or requesting assistance.” Clearly this will now need amending. Hopefully this decision ...
DWP orders Jobcentres not to record foodbank referrals
09 August 2018 | News
... the number of people they direct to foodbanks despite sending thousands of people to charities providing food parcels, the ... they must not use the term “referral” or “voucher” and should not keep any record of the number of people they ...
Research opportunity for wheelchair users In London
23 October 2022 | News
Wheelchair users in London needed to help test out new bridging device on the ... to trial the bridging devices with different wheelchair and mobility aid users at specific stations to assess and understand its impact and inform decisions about its use ...
Our Into Higher Education has been updated
20 March 2024 | News
Into Higher Education is a guide for anyone with a health ... or universities will be accessible, how to choose a course and what support will be available. It also covers the student finance system and has up-to date information on tuition fees, repayment ...