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Extra £1.5 billion moved into Better Care Fund
30 October 2014 | News
Councils and NHS commissioners have moved an extra £1.5 billion into the Better Care Fund, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has ... is a pooled budget that shifts resources into social care and community services for the benefit of the NHS and local ...
Minister quotes from our 'Into Higher Education 2013'
18 April 2013 | News
Children and Families Minister Edward Timpson MP cited Disability Rights UK’s publication in Children and Families Bill debate The debate concerned the length of ...
DR UK joins call for a 'social infrastructure' Budget
10 March 2020 | News
DR UK has co-signed an open letter to Government, calling for a rethink in how the term infrastructure is used in ... we think of physical infrastructure like roads, railways and hospital buildings, but a broader definition of it would ... training, personal assistants for those with disabilities and childcare workers. The government has promised to spend ...
Funded help in Scotland to access disability benefits
30 September 2015 | News
... Government provides £192,000 to support disabled people and carers through the claims process The Scottish Government will fund projects in Dundee, Falkirk, Glasgow and Midlothian to support people who need to be assessed for ...
UN Committee expresses concerns in UK Rights report
27 June 2016 | News
Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - E/C.12/GBR/CO/6 View report In this report the ...
DWP uses fake claimant’s comments in sanctions leaflet
17 August 2015 | News
The DWP has admitted making up comments from supposed benefit claimants that ... the DWP admits that the quotes were not actually real cases and that the photos were not of real claimants: “The photos used are stock photos and along with the names do not belong to real claimants. ...
I Can Make It at CAN DO in Newcastle
23 November 2017 | News
I Can Make It meets CAN DO in Newcastle and gets featured in a summary of an important ... Jonathan met Ruth Bowen, Senior Can Do Project Coordinator, and Ann Henderson, CAN-DO Project Coordinator, to explore ...
Improving access for disabled people in sports clubs
02 December 2013 | News
Today is International Day of Disabled People. This is a United ... Nations sanctioned day that aims to promote an understanding of disabled people and encourage support. The theme this year is: “Break ...
Industry ‘out of touch’ on working from home
23 June 2021 | News
The President of the CBI, Britain’s biggest employers lobbying group, has told a ... make that decision about the mix of working from home [and the office].” Lord Bilimoria, who is also Chairman of ... working from home. DR UK’s Fazilet Hadi said: “The pandemic has had few silver linings, but one of them has been ...
Campaign for Better Transport buses in crisis report
18 November 2015 | News
... for Better Transport has published its latest ‘Buses in Crisis report focussing on local authority funded bus services Over the last few weeks it hasbeen sending and collating freedom of information requests to 110 local authorities in England and Wales. The objective of this report is to highlight ...