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  • New research by Mind exposes extent of crisis in mental healthcare

    10 October 2023 | News

    New data has been published by Mind, highlighting the full extent of the crisis of standards and safety in mental healthcare settings. This World Mental ...

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  • Disabled people paying vastly more for care in past two years

    25 August 2021 | News

    Disabled people are being told by councils to pay vastly more for care, according ... with learning disabilities are being forced to pay thousands of pounds more, with six councils doubling the amount ... 83 areas (only 83 local authorities out of 151 responded), and half have reported cost rises by at least 10% in the ...

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  • Commonwealth Games put on their largest ever integrated para-sports programme

    08 August 2022 | News

    The  2022 Commonwealth Games  in Birmingham ended this week. This year's games were the ... major multi-sport event with an integrated para program, and this year it's the biggest program in history, with 43 ... to build on the momentum of sport this Summer, with England's Lionesses' triumph opening up new conversations on ...

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  • New research shows huge rise in extra costs for Disabled households

    03 May 2023 | News

    ... of money a Disabled household would need to have the same standard of living as a non-disabled household. Scope last published ... several important factors that include a stall in income and benefits, the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the ...

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  • Exclusion of ESA claimants from £20 week increase “untenable” says SSAC

    01 June 2020 | News

    ... (SSAC) has written to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,  Dr Thérèse Coffey, recommending major changes to the DWP’s  emergency response to ... financial support to those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. However, given the pace and scale of these changes, ...

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  • Research into young disabled people’s participation within the Disabled People’s Movement

    14 July 2016 | News

    My name is Miro Griffiths and I am a PhD Researcher at Liverpool John Moores University.  I am currently conducting research into young disabled people’s participation ... You identify as a young disabled person, aged between 18-30 and consider yourself interested in the Disabled People’s ...

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  • Please do not give to street fundraisers collecting in our name

    09 August 2024 | News

    ... UK would like to thank all those who have reported to us instances of people using our logo and brand to fraudulently collect money in different parts of the country. It's important for us to state clearly that we don't do this sort of fundraising  - so if ...

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  • Please do not give to street fundraisers collecting in our name

    18 March 2025 | News

    People pretending to work on behalf of Disability Rights UK are ... who have reported to us instances of people using our logo and brand to fraudulently collect money in different parts ... this continues to happen. It's important for us to state clearly that we don't do this sort of fundraising  - so if ...

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  • Government ignores court defeat in Lords debate on National Disability Strategy

    16 February 2022 | News

    In answers to questions on the progress of the Disability ... said the Government was “making strides, going forward and delivering”. She didn’t respond to a question from ... replied “…we are continually talking to stakeholders and charities for disabled people, locally and nationally. ...

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  • ONS data shows exponential rise in non-Covid deaths during pandemic

    20 October 2020 | News

    Trends in the ONS weekly deaths data show a huge increase in ... - have mostly been deaths not involving Covid-19. Of the nearly 26,000 excess deaths in private homes registered from ... where coughing can be seen as a symptom of both lung cancer and Covid, diagnoses could have been misattributed, ...

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