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Social Housing Rents to jump by up to 7%
18 November 2022 | News
Tenants who live in social housing in England will face up to a 7 per cent ... rent arrears as their costs become too much to handle. Clearly, our system is broken, and Disabled people deserve ...
Call for DWP to compensate up to 50,000 claimants unlawfully short changed on moving to UC
03 February 2023 | News
Following a conclusive ruling from the Court of Appeal two severely disabled men known as TP and AR have called on the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to compensate up to 50,000 benefits ...
A Life Without Limits by Sir Bert Massie - DR UK CEO Kamran Mallick's Book review
17 November 2023 | News
We have been re-publishing some of our older blog posts onto this new website. Enjoy the thoughts and reviews of our DR UK team and contributors! If you have ... his campaigning and faced parallel barriers. He was born nearly 25 years before me and contracted Polio as a baby in ...
Then Barbara Met Alan: review by Anna Morell
17 November 2023 | News
We have been re-publishing some of our older blog posts onto this new website. Enjoy the thoughts and reviews of our DR UK team and contributors! If you have an opinion piece you'd like to ...
Meet Charlie, Our London Marathon Superstar!
13 March 2024 | News
Disability Rights UK is lucky enough to have a few keen and amazing people running the London Marathon this year to ... to learn more about him, how his marathon training is going and why he's passionate about equality for all. Tell us a ...
DDPOs Plan UN Complaint Against Assisted Dying Bill
13 May 2025 | News
Today, Deaf and Disabled people’s organisations held a press conference on their decision to make a complaint to the United Nations over the Assisted Dying Bill, ... more about the press conference, the official UN complaint and contacting your MP to oppose this bill. Deaf and ...
Prepayment meter ban extended by Ofgem
15 March 2023 | News
A ban on the forced installation of prepayment meters by energy companies has ... of MPs that he was dealing with a spreadsheet of between 50 and 100 applications at a time for energy companies to ... warrant-process said: “I think it’s important to understand that because in 2019, despite all those concerns, the ...
6–12th November is Living Wage Week!
16 October 2023 | News
The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate based on the cost of living. It is voluntarily paid by nearly 14,000 UK organisations who choose to go further than the government minimum and pay their employees a wage which meets everyday needs - ...
Thousands of Disabled People to be £2,800 a Year Worse Off Under Universal Credit
07 May 2024 | News
More than 7 million people in the UK will have moved over to universal credit (UC) when ... “Working renters are the biggest winners, on average, and disabled people are among the biggest losers from the ... i.e. those who would previously have been in the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) support group and in receipt of ...
New support measures for unpaid carers
29 November 2024 | News
The Minister of State for Care, Stephen Kinnock has announced a ... initiatives that improve support for unpaid carers in England. Mr Kinnock announced new projects to help give carers much-needed breaks and greater flexibility, as well as technology to make their ...