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Leading Disability Rights Organisations Demand Answers From Secretary of State
09 April 2025 | News
Twenty-one of England's Disabled People's Organisations have signed an open letter alongside Amnesty International, the world's leading human rights organisation, to demand answers to their serious concerns with the human rights ...
Research Exposes How the DWP ‘Weaponised’ Time to Avoid Accountability for Deaths
16 August 2023 | News
New research has exposed how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has “weaponised” time as a strategy to avoid being held accountable for deaths related to the benefits ... a decade-long battle by Disability News Service (DNS) and others to uncover the records that the DWP keeps on the ...
Customers not paying by direct debit pay vastly more for energy
24 March 2023 | News
Following the recent news that Ofgem has “indefinitely” paused ... Confirming the new policy, in the wake of the PPM scandal, Jeremy Hunt said that he “ Will bring (PPM) charges ... to set monthly direct debits, helping customers to budget and ensuring a regular income stream. Matt Copeland head ...
DfT appoints new Disabled transport committee Chair
21 February 2023 | News
The Department for Transport (DfT) has appointed a new Chair of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) to represent the needs and rights of disabled people across the UK’s transport ... network. Matthew Campbell-Hill, a tech regulation expert and former Team GB wheelchair fencer, will work alongside ...
Disabled People To Be Hit By Cuts Of Almost £2 Billion More Than Widely Reported
02 April 2025 | News
... of documents published alongside the Chancellor’s Spring Statement last week, reveals that the true scale and impact of the government’s benefit cuts for Disabled ... people by almost £2 billion more than the reported figures and could see around 100,000 additional people pushed into ...
Disability Rights UK Countersign Letter to Scottish Cabinet Secretary regarding ScotRail Ticket Office Reductions
12 March 2025 | News
... by DR UK along with, among others, Transport for All, and Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) Disability Rights UK have countersigned a ... was widely threatened two years ago which we fought tooth and nail. Any reduction in facilities which make it ...
UK’s Train Ticketing 'Full of Digital Barriers'
20 November 2023 | News
A new study into British rail habits has unsurprisingly found that the ... from 36% among 18-24-year-olds to 63% for those aged 65 and over. Disappointingly 20% felt that they would be unable to find the cheapest ticket for their journey. And, most significantly, more than half of those (58%) who ...
Report reveals families raising disabled children are struggling to survive
14 October 2022 | News
A new report by the Family Fund shows that UK families raising disabled, or seriously ill, children and young people are struggling to survive, due to the scale ... due to intense caring responsibilities, low benefits, and critical levels of debt. The Family Fund found that the ...
Government pledges sea change for air travel after #RightsOnFlights campaign
27 June 2023 | News
... Government has announced that it will legislate to make airlines more accountable when dealing with Disabled passengers and to remove the cap on compensation for wheelchairs or ... after #RightsOnFlights campaign work by DR UK, TV presenter and author Sophie Morgan, industry specialists Roberto ...
New benefits training course with CPAG
28 March 2023 | News
... to announce the launch of Benefit Essentials, a new online training course designed for those who are new to ... Essentials covers the structure of the welfare system and the difference between contributory, non-contributory, and means-tested benefits, and the eligibility requirements ...