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LA Bungalow sell off will affect 1 in 4 older disabled people
02 March 2016 | News
The Housing and Planning Bill, which has a crucial reading in the House of Lords ... by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows that high demand for bungalows will mean that homes lived in by older ...
I Can Make It meets key local government officials in Bristol
03 August 2016 | News
On Wednesday 27 th of July I Can Make It had a meeting with Bristol City Council . This was a chance for us to meet with senior officers from across the council and align I Can Make It to projects Bristol City Council ... temporary jobs route. We thank all the meeting attendees, and especially Jacqueline Miller, Commercial Development ...
Two-fifths of older adults in psychiatric wards got COVID
14 October 2020 | News
At least two-fifths of older adults in psychiatric wards in London were infected with COVID-19 at the height of the pandemic, a new study led by UCL researchers has found. The ... mortality rates may have been affected by slow testing and poor PPE provision. The study looked at data from all ...
In memory of Josie Brown: CEO of Salford Disability Forum
31 August 2015 | News
... Forum I had personally got to know Josie whilst working with her to organise the mobile digital fabrication ... people with learning difficulties at Princess Park, Irlam and had lent her support to it being the location for the fab lab’s first tour event on September 3rd and 4th Josie was an impressive, committed and strong ...
Sense report shows devastating impact of reductions in social care
03 September 2020 | News
A new report from deafblind support charity Sense shows the full extent of the ... The report forms part of its Forgotten Families campaign, and is based on responses from 1,000 disabled adults living ... report shows that overnight, families had support removed and had nowhere to turn for help. There are 1.7 million ...
Evason report: better benefits deal in NI for four years
19 January 2016 | News
... published by a group led by Eileen Evason, a professor in social administration, includes proposals to mitigate Northern Ireland (NI) Welfare reform. The scheme proposes supplementary ... payments to carers, people suffering ill health and families on low incomes. Claimants who lose more than ...
18-21 year old universal credit claimants in supported accommodation
14 September 2015 | News
In a written answer to parliament the Government confirms ... 09 September 2015 “To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to exempt 18 to 21 year olds ... accommodation definition under the Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Supported Accommodation) (Amendment) ...
DR UK responds to House of Lords Universal Credit inquiry
05 March 2020 | News
... submission to The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee inquiry into the economics of Universal Credit. The ... whether Universal Credit is meeting its original objectives and whether the policy assumptions reflected in its design ... meets the needs of claimants in today’s labour market and changing world of work. The 2010 White Paper ...
Workers' rights to be protected in UK law after Brexit
05 March 2019 | News
Parliament, trade unions and businesses to be given a role in shaping the future of ... The government has made a commitment not to reduce the standards of workers’ rights from EU laws retained in UK ...
Industrial Strategy a lost opportunity by BEIS to utilise public procurement
27 November 2017 | News
Industrial Strategy: building a Britain fit for the future. ... paper sets out a long-term plan to boost the productivity and earning power of people throughout the UK. Commenting on the new industrial strategy, Philip Connolly, policy and development manager at Disability Rights UK said: “The ...