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Deadline to apply for voter ID
30 March 2023 | News
The law has changed, meaning you must now bring a valid form of ID with you to vote. ... at the local elections taking place in some areas of England on Thursday 4 May 2023. The requirement will apply to UK Parliament general elections from October 2023, and to UK Parliament by-elections and recall petitions from ...
Exciting Funding Opportunity for Disabled People's Organisations (DPOs)!
25 July 2023 | News
... DPO development work, we are delighted to share important information about a grant opportunity for DPOs that ranges ... Funding Opportunity for London Communities The NHS Legacy and Health Equity Partnership (LHEP) and the Greater London Authority (GLA) have launched a ...
Government fails to commit to Household Support fund
04 March 2024 | News
... the country to provide special payments to help families during the cost-of-living crisis, many of whom are Disabled ... people, is in the balance. The fund is provided by DWP and distributed to local councils, who decide the best way ... boroughs. The fund helps people pay for food, heating, and other essentials. Those who have received help are among ...
Disability Rights UK’s Katrina Morris Nominated for Rising Star Award
17 May 2023 | News
We are delighted to share that Katrina Morris, our very own Leadership Academy Executive at ... celebrates the progress in diversity made on Boards so far and how more inclusion at leadership level can positively ... us at Disability Rights UK, where she has been working for nearly 10 years. In addition to this, Katrina has actively ...
Court hears disabled activist’s challenge to ‘cataclysmic’ cuts to out-of-work disability benefits
17 December 2024 | News
On 10 December, the high court in London heard a legal challenge that aims to expose how ... through “cataclysmic” cuts to disability benefits of nearly £3 billion over four years. The plans to tighten the ... assessment (WCA) were announced in the 2023 autumn budget , and they would see more than 400,000 disabled people losing ...
DR UK CEO Kamran Mallick's New Year message
30 December 2022 | News
It’s been quite the year. After everything that we Disabled people endured during the pandemic, I was hoping that society at large would come into 2022 with a little more understanding about how we, as Disabled people, live our day-to-day ...
Government will not proceed with the Conservative proposals on PIP voucher scheme
16 October 2024 | News
... proposed reforms to the benefits system by suggesting that regular personal independence payments (PIP) be ... to be an additional £1,010 a month to have the same standard of living as non-disabled households, according to ... criteria for PIP and the PIP assessment, that were clearly aimed at large reductions in disability benefit ...
Ticket Office Closure Consultation to be Extended
26 July 2023 | News
The consultation regarding the closure of ticket offices will now be extended to ... important because it shows the original lack of planning and consideration of the impact on the very many disabled ... journey at the right price’. DRUK has made its voice loud and clear from the start of this process and will continue ...
Disability Poverty Campaign Group statement on Winter Fuel Payment changes
18 September 2024 | News
The upcoming changes to the Winter Fuel Payment scheme fundamentally ... in the country. People experiencing digital exclusion and loneliness are likely to find it particularly hard to ... distress, making the changes extremely regressive. Thousands more older people have incomes fractionally above the ...
Reinstate the Access to Elected Office Fund!
25 November 2023 | News
... to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for Disabled candidates of elected officer. However, despite evidence that ... proposes that a Fund be considered. DR UK has been campaigning alongside other Disabled peoples' organisations, women's organisations and democracy organisations to call on the UK Government to ...