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DR UK attends launch of accessible voting campaign
02 March 2023 | News
... of the “My Vote, My Voice” campaign at Portcullis house in London. “My vote, My Voice” is a campaign designed to encourage people with learning disabilities and autistic people to vote in the 2024 General Election and onwards, noting that everyone with a learning disability ...
DFE figures show teachers are leaving the profession
11 January 2023 | News
... Department for Education figures show that a third of England's teachers who qualified in the last decade have left the profession. The Guardian ... that of just under 270,000 teachers who qualified in England between 2011 and 2020, more than 81,000 have left the ...
Changes to helpline services over the holiday period
12 December 2024 | News
As we approach the end of 2024, we would like to inform you about the upcoming temporary closures of our ... Students Helpline: Closed from 16th December 2024 and will resume service on 6th January 2025. Personal ... Budgets Helpline: Closed from 17th December 2024 and will resume service on 2nd January 2025. Welfare Rights ...
Disabled hotel residents moved out for Beyonce fans
23 May 2023 | News
Disabled families in temporary accommodation at an Enfield Travelodge hotel ... The Guardian. Collette Collington has twin autistic sons and told the paper that the move is impacting her mental health and will be “very distressing” for her sons who need ...
New Factsheet Launched: Pension Age Disability Payment
28 May 2025 | News
We have released a new factsheet with information on the Pension Age Disability Payment (PADP), which has been available throughout Scotland from 22 April 2025. If you... Live in Scotland Are Disabled Have reached pension age and Need ...
Disability Rights UK AGM 2022
25 November 2022 | News
We are delighted to invite you to our 10th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on ... to the cost-of-living crisis, our plans for the future and a look at our new website that will launch in December. ... Team in a panel session to hear about the challenges and opportunities. You will be able to ask questions of the ...
Heidi Crowter loses abortion case
29 November 2022 | News
Disability campaigner Heidi Crowter has lost her appeal to bring about a change in the law that would have disallowed ... was "angry that the judges say my feelings do not matter" and vowed to keep fighting. The Court of Appeal ruled that ... "The court recognises that many people with Down's Syndrome and other disabilities will be upset and offended by the ...
Concerns for Disabled pensioners as Winter Fuel Payments cut
31 July 2024 | News
... chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that older people not in receipt of pension credit or other means-tested benefits ... incomes. Other means tested benefits include income support and universal credit. The chancellor pointed to spending ... with the extra costs of heating, required to stay safe and healthy. Caroline Abrahams, charity director at ...
TUC report exposes disability pay gap
15 November 2022 | News
... Congress (TUC) has found that the disability pay gap is rising. The TUC is calling on the Government to introduce mandatory disability pay gap reporting. The research has ... their non-Disabled peers. Disabled individuals from a Black and Ethnic Minority (BME) background also face ...
DR UK Members: Attend our 2023 AGM!
24 October 2023 | News
DR UK members, we are delighted to invite you to our 11th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on ... the year, our work with Disabled People’s Organisations and the launch of the Disabled People’s Manifesto. To read more about the event and look at the documents that will be helpful to have on ...