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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...