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Disabled people still facing discrimination over face coverings
13 July 2020 | News
Disabled people are not being listened to when it comes to exemptions from wearing ... disabled people or children. The talk is of police fines and criminalisation for those that don’t comply. “Taking ... [on 14 July] on Radio 4… both the Mayor of London and the CEO of the British Retail Consortium, used ...
DR UK raise “hidden” 55% ESA cut for under 25 year olds with Minister
04 April 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK has written to the Minister for Disabled People to raise concern about three ... are: a 55% per week reduction in the rate of Employment and Support Allowance/Universal Credit for under 25 year ... until they have received a work capability assessment; and the freezing of the lower disabled child element of ...
Preparing for an Appeal Tribunal
07 October 2022 | Event
Aimed at professionals who work in advice or advocacy. Part 1: Assessing the case, reviewing the DWP decision - Thursday 17 ... members. After booking you will receive a Zoom link and supporting materials by email. Preparing for an Appeal ...
DR UK's Statement Against Assisted Dying Bill Published In The Times
20 November 2024 | News
... November, our CEO Kamran Mallick had a letter published in The Times newspaper, as part of The Times Letters: ... below. Although there is talk of the robustness of checks and balances in the assisted dying bill to prevent Disabled ... people in Britain we know from bitter experience that words and laws do not always add up to protecting Disabled people. ...
Decades of failure leaves half of disabled benefit claimants in poverty
23 February 2021 | News
Decades of reforms and political promises have failed to help disabled people ... of support for disabled people is “broken”, according to new analysis published today by The Social Market ... manifesto target of halving the disability employment gap, nearly 1 million more disabled people would be in work today, ...
Letter to the Chancellor in advance of his 'mini Budget' speech
06 July 2020 | News
Dear Chancellor, Creating Opportunity for Disabled People The past few months have ... all aspects of our lives. We have died in greater numbers and been at increased risk of Coronavirus. We have struggled to get food. We have had our social care and educational support cut. We have had difficulties in ...
Government announces benefits will not rise with inflation until April 2023
08 September 2022 | News
Despite the double digit rise in inflation, the Government has rejected calls to urgently address the adequacy and uprating of social security benefits. For many years, ... In its July 2022, in its Cost of Living report, the Work and Pensions cross-party Committee of MPs recommended that ...
Govt concerns over PIP loan scheme to fund assistive technology inquiry
18 September 2018 | News
Last year, the Work and Pensions Committee launched an inquiry into assistive technology, following up on its ... , Disability Rights UK recognised how key the development and use of assistive technology is to promoting independence ...
DHSC's training plan must involve people with learning disabilities, says DRUK
04 November 2019 | News
DRUK is calling for training for staff working with learning disabled ... The call comes in response to the Department of Health and Social Care’s announcement that the Government will introduce mandatory learning disability training for all health and ...
An economy that includes disabled people: DR UK launches new report
28 June 2016 | News
... “Affordable Papers”: Contributions to an Economy That Includes Disabled People. Affordable Papers can be dowloaded ... of speakers at two seminars organised by DR UK and sponsored by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The ... disabled people be supported to reduce the costs of aids and adaptations or goods and services sold to them? It also ...