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Social Care Reform; improving Disabled people’s lives
22 June 2021 | News
... We are a coalition of organisations led by Disabled people and supported by allies. We are the direct voices of ... our lives. We want Disabled people to be central to shaping Government reforms to social care. These are the basic ... the right to thrive, not just survive. The role of care and support in today’s society must be to provide care, ...
Increased fines for no face masks will ramp up pressure on disabled people
13 August 2020 | News
Tougher penalties for those not wearing face coverings in public came into effect today (13 August). The new ... “Businesses need to join in government’s intention in clearly displaying signs explaining that not everybody is able ...
The Urgent Need For An Independent Advisory Panel On DWP-Related Deaths: “evidence is overwhelming”
10 March 2025 | News
... report sets out the clear evidential case for the overwhelming need for an Independent Advisory Panel for DWP-Related ... have uncovered evidence suggesting that DWP’s policies and practices may have contributed to hundreds, possibly ... evidence from external sources. Mo Stewart says: “Clearly, by failing to access published peer-reviewed research ...
Hancock “100%” in favour of withdrawing funding for learning disability hub to secure lockdown vote
07 March 2023 | News
... he threatened not to fund a centre for people with learning disabilities to try to make a potentially rebellious MP, ... for Bury, fall into line over a critical vote during the pandemic. The Daily Telegraph reports that the vote on 1 ... his Learning Disability Hub in Bury - whips call him up and say Health team want to work with him to deliver this ...
DR UK Statement on Spring Budget: 'Government Turns its Back on the Poorest in Society'
07 March 2024 | News
In his spring budget, the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, failed to ... people, despite mountains of evidence on our economic and social hardship. The only meagre exception being a ... to help Disabled citizens struggling with household bills and inadequate social support. DPCG asked that action was ...
Nearly half of everyone in poverty is either a disabled person or lives with a disabled person
06 February 2020 | News
Four million people with disabilities in the UK are living in poverty. In total, seven million ... a disabled person or live with a disabled person – nearly half of everyone in poverty, highlights a new Joseph ... level of qualification between those who are disabled and those who are not: 19% of disabled adults have a degree ...
MPs told £20 week cut to Universal Credit would breach UK’s international human rights obligations
05 September 2021 | News
... £20 a week cut to Universal Credit would breach UK’s international human rights obligations. In addition, it says ... non-governmental organization, that conducts research and advocacy on human rights It consists of are around 450 ... who are country experts, lawyers, journalists, and others who work to protect the most at risk. In its ...
DR UK calls on NHS England to publish the review of the Accessible Information Standard
08 February 2023 | News
Alongside our colleagues at other Disability and Accessibility organisations, we have written a letter to NHS England to express our disappointment at the lack of progress in reviewing the ...
400,000 people could be pulled into poverty by April real-term cut to benefits
01 March 2022 | News
... the Government’s decision to uprate benefits by just 3.1% in April, when inflation is forecast to hit 7%. This ... is already at a 30-year low following a decade of cuts and less than six months on from the £20 per week cut to ... find it hard to pay for food than non-disabled people. “ Nearly half of everyone in poverty is either a Disabled ...
Severely ill inpatient died after DWP forced him to leave hospital to make benefit claim
11 January 2022 | News
... patient to leave hospital to visit a jobcentre despite being severely ill with a condition that later killed him, ... electronically. Instead, he was told to leave hospital and attend his local jobcentre in person. He later died in ... multi-organ failure caused by the lung conditions pneumonia and empyema, which themselves were caused by drug ...