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Your glow in your darkest hour – a poem for Disability History Month
21 December 2015 | News
In late October I went on a long, high speed train journey ... who were killed or forcibly sterilised by the Nazis. Standing on a frigid day seeing the memorial with its metal rims and blue panes of glass, I was moved to write many notes. ...
DR UK responds to the Public Accounts Committee Benefit Sanctions inquiry
07 December 2016 | News
The National Audit Office (NAO) are currently undertaking a study to examine whether the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is achieving value for money from its ... includes how benefit sanctions fit with the intended aims and outcomes of DWP's wider working age employment policy, ...
Our response to the PIP second independent review call for evidence
20 September 2016 | News
The Department for Work and Pensions appointed Paul Gray CB to undertake the second independent ... use of further evidence in the claim process, data sharing and the claimant experience. Paul Gray will use evidence ...
EU copyright law could affect organisations ability to share key information
20 June 2018 | News
... Affairs ( JURI ) voted to proceed with a bill on copyright in the digital single market. The Bill will now go out for a ... the Bill would require platforms such as Google, Microsoft and internet companies to install copyright filters on ... could require web publishers, such as Disability Rights UK and other charities, to pay a 'link tax' when posting ...
EnAble Fund for Elected Office to include Local Government elections 2020
10 March 2020 | News
The EnAble Fund for Elected Office has been extended to include the English Local Government elections on 7 May. It ... that any disabled people seeking elected office in England, at either the Police and Crime Commissioner or Local Government elections, can ...
ESA cuts would mean 70% would struggle to maintain their independence
26 October 2015 | News
... were to be cut by £30 per week: 70% would struggle to maintain their independence 69% think their health would get ... bills. Ahead of today's key debate on the Welfare Reform and Work Bill the DBC calls on Government to stop the ...
Personal Health Budgets scheme attracts just one in twenty target patients
21 April 2016 | News
Figures sourced under the Freedom of Information Act show that across 162 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in England, just 2,986 out of 53,611 Continuing Healthcare patients ... people have been campaigning for years to have choice and control over our lives and decide how our support needs ...
Lockdown 17 times harder for disabled people due to inaccessible housing
15 September 2020 | News
Lockdown was considerably harder for disabled people in the UK due to inaccessible housing. That is the key ... a result of our housing situation than non-disabled people. And two-fifths of disabled people were unable to fully use ... started its consultation now on improving accessibility standards for new-build homes. It is critical it keeps the bar ...
MPs call for radical overhaul of DWP’s approach to employment support
01 August 2021 | News
The DWP’s national programme for supporting Disabled people to find and stay in work is not working and must instead be delivered at a local level as part of a ...
Our top 9 ways to maximise CRM adoption in your organisation
11 April 2022 | News
Our top 9 ways to maximise CRM adoption in your organisation ...