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DWP introduces new British Sign Language pilot
17 January 2016 | News
DWP is introducing a new video relay service to help British Sign Language ... The video relay service (VRS) allows users to make BSL interpreted video calls via their tablet, smartphone, computer or laptop. A professional interpreter then relays the call in English to a member of ...
APPG report of its July meeting
26 July 2018 | News
... Parliamentary Group for Disability held its AGM combined with a meeting on the representation of disabled people ... Thangam Debbonaire MP, Stephen Lloyd MP, Jim Shannon MP and several others. We look forward to the contributions ... and dedicated work that DRUK perform daily to bring the issues faced by disabled people to the public attention. An ...
DR UK oppose Illegal Migration Bill
16 May 2023 | News
Disability Rights UK have joined 175 civil society organisations calling on the ... rights, migrant, refugee, asylum, anti-slavery and trafficking, children’s, violence against women and girls, LGBTQI+, disability rights, health, housing, ...
DWP makes few concessions on improving engagement with Disabled people
24 July 2022 | News
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued its response to the Social ... January 2021 report that made a series of wide-ranging recommendations on how the DWP could improve its ... engagement with Disabled people. The SSAC’s wide-ranging and detailed report focused on how the DWP involves Disabled ...
Deaf mums win Little Mix concert case
21 September 2021 | News
Three Deaf mothers have won a landmark case after gig promoters working for the band Little Mix refused to provide BSL interpreters. Three ...
Secretary of State: DWP has no legal duty to safeguard the wellbeing of vulnerable claimants
30 September 2020 | News
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Dr Therese Coffey has said that the statutory safeguarding responsibility to vulnerable claimants falls to ... He was known to suffer from serious mental health issues but in line with DWP safeguarding policies his ...
Government loses bedroom tax case over treatment of children
26 January 2016 | News
... held that it was ‘very difficult to justify’ treating children worse than adults under the ‘bedroom tax’ ... concerns ‘bedroom tax’ restrictions for social tenants and whether they discriminate unlawfully against disabled children who need overnight care. Paul and Susan Rutherford’s teenage grandson Warren requires ...
Disability Rights UK opposes the UK Supreme Court ruling on ‘biological sex’
17 April 2025 | News
... Rights UK is deeply saddened by the UK Supreme Court’s ruling that declares trans women are not 'biological women'. As ... the court’s exclusion of Trans voices in their decision, and their failure to be led by the lived experience of one ... without the involvement of those most impacted. We stand in solidarity with the Trans community as they ...
I Can Make It welcomes more champions into our fold
23 February 2017 | News
... champions visit us at Disability Rights UK’s offices in London. And on Monday three of our champions did just that at an ... for Leicester, our newest champion for Leeds Clessia Walker and Rahul Tooray a Champion for Birmingham. They were ...
NAO report lays bare shortfalls in adult social care
30 March 2021 | News
Short-term funding and a lack of a long-term vision is hampering planning, ... lack of DHSC oversight and planning for social care is clearly demonstrated in the NAO report. “The government is ...