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I Can Make It Presents: Rahul Tooray, Champion for I Can Make It in Birmingham
28 February 2018 | News
... job opportunities for young people with disabilities using social value to do so. On Thursday 22 nd February a ... UK helped secure was held on the subject of disability and the economy. With this debate in mind we’d thought ... parliament who attended the debate will read his blog post. And bear in mind his efforts along with the ones of our ...
Social care plans expose rich vs poor divide in terms of home loss
23 November 2021 | News
The Prime Minister has narrowly won a vote on the cap for social care ... in poorer people not benefiting from the social care cap, and in many cases having to sell their homes – something ... by backbenchers complaining that the plans were unfair and had not been fully explained or thought through. The ...
DR UK Trustee Lucy Aliband appears in film on lack of disability access
21 December 2016 | News
We hope that in the festive season all disabled people can join in every ... ACCESS AWARDS: OUR MISSION from Gundog Media on Vimeo . And we hope you like this short film, featuring our Trustee Lucy Alliband. DR UK Trustee Lucy Aliband appears in film on lack of ...
Disabled people experience high levels of food poverty
13 February 2021 | News
On 9 February, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee heard evidence on problems relating to accessing food. Those giving evidence to the ...
New Disability Rights UK Ambassador Baroness Campbell makes history in the Lords
13 November 2012 | News
... of Lords broke with a three-hundred years tradition by allowing a personal assistant on the floor while the House is sitting. They gave this right to Baroness Campbell so that she can participate in the debates. Disability Rights UK heralds this momentous ...
Over two thirds of Universal Credit claimants currently in arrears while living costs rise
25 October 2021 | News
Low-income households, who have borne the financial brunt of the pandemic so far, are also being dragged down by debt, ... million low-income households across the UK are in arrears, and 4.4 million have had to take on new or increased ...
Capita in U-turn over contesting compensation payment ordered after PIP claimant’s tragic death
08 August 2019 | News
Victoria Smith tragically died months after her personal independence payments were stopped following a Capita ... Capita was told to pay £10,000 over the way it handled her case but planned to dispute this at Telford ... Capita has now decided not to contest the judgement and has apologised "for any additional distress". Ms Smith, ...
Government set to double the number of work coaches in jobcentres by March 2021
07 July 2020 | News
... announced that it aims to double the number of work coaches in jobcentres by March 2021. Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey said that “ramping ... pillar” of the Government’s “plan for recovery and revival, and announced that: “We are doubling their ...
Government rejection of £20 per week increase to ESA is unacceptable says DR UK
03 August 2020 | News
Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey has rejected the call ... Committee (SSAC) to award ESA claimants the same £20 week increase those receiving Universal Credit. In May 2020, the ... pandemic like those on Universal Credit ? The answer is clearly yes - so the £20 increase should also be payable to ...
Coming soon: A new toolkit on social value made in conjunction with Bristol City Council
11 January 2018 | News
... I Can Make It hope that everyone had a nice festive break and you are having a productive start to January. We are proud to announce ... will complement organisations’ existing commissioning and procurement practices and seeks to embed Social Value ...