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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 - ...
Prepayment meters, the hopeful end of a energy nightmare.
03 February 2023 | News
Pre-payment meters have hit the headlines again today and finally for the right reason. Yesterday ... many disability campaigners already knew, that energy firms and their contractors together with the courts and ...
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 ...
Grenfell 5 years on
14 June 2022 | News
... have sent to the Times Editor alongside Grenfell United and Claddag. Letter to The Times Editor Grenfell, 5 years ... Despite Boris Johnson’s pledge to implement the Grenfell inquiry recommendations in full, none have been implemented. ... unaided. Evacuation plans would mean disabled residents, and those around them, would feel confident in an emergency. ...
Electoral Commission data reveals impacts of Voter ID on Disabled people
28 June 2023 | News
The Electoral Commission has published interim analysis on Voter ID, which needed to be used for ... Certificates was low – around 90,000 people applied, and around 25,000 used the Certificate as a form of ID to ... voting age, with the right residential or citizen status, and not subject to legal incapacity, can vote. It is ...
Taxi Tax Hits Disabled People Disproportionately
15 April 2025 | News
... at a proposed 20 per cent levy on services like Uber and Bolt. Stephen Brookes, the transport policy adviser at ... have no other viable transport options, are already grappling with soaring living costs, while personal independence payments are cut. “A move that impacts on and sidelines Disabled people, all in the name of propping ...