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DBC demands bedroom tax exemptions for disabled people
26 November 2013 | News
... (DBC), a national coalition of over 50 charities, is calling on the Government to take immediate action to exempt disabled people, their families and carers from the ‘bedroom tax’ changes to Housing ... stark evidence since the policy was implemented in April clearly shows they are not. It is hitting disabled people who ...
New funding social care green paper announced as well as £2 billion stopgap for councils
07 March 2017 | News
Spring Budget 2017 Spring budget documents Chancellor’s ... gap with an additional £2 billion to councils in England, over the next 3 years, to spend on adult social care ... of transport acting as a barrier. Pupils typically travel nearly three times as far to attend selective schools. The ...
£20 a week Universal Credit cut likely to mean half a million households struggling to meet daily expenses, says UN poverty envoy
16 September 2021 | News
Cutting Universal Credit by £20 a week is an ... move that breaches international human rights law and is likely to trigger an explosion of poverty, the United ... essential bills after the cut. Many low- income families and individuals have described the uplift as “ a lifeline ...
Zero Project award event
29 March 2015 | News
On 25 - 27 February, Banane Nafeh and Michael Paul attended the Zero Project Conference at the United Nations in Vienna The Zero Project awarded the Disability Rights UK ... Living’. We were delighted to be invited to attend and deliver a presentation on our work as part of the ...
UK Government refuses to attend UN meeting scrutinising its rights violations of Disabled people under UNCRPD
28 August 2023 | News
The UK Government is refusing to attend a meeting at the UN to review its treatment of ... against Disabled people in terms of rights to living standards, social protection, work and employment, and ... a deterioration in the treatment of Disabled people on nearly every point raised in the 2016 report. Rather than ...
Disabled Access Day founder shares his vision for 2019
16 October 2018 | News
Award-winning Disabled Access Day is championing Changing Places ... Access Day is the biannual event that brings togeter venues and their disabled visitors in the spirit of trying ... are officially open for Disabled Access Day 2019 and venues are invited to submit their expressions of ...
Could disabled people be the answer to the fostering crisis?
07 October 2020 | News
Many disabled people are prevented from fostering children due to negative attitudes and unnecessary barriers, a study published today suggests. ... of Disabled People as Foster Carers, concludes that thousands of disabled people could help relieve the long-standing ...
The Activity Trap: Disabled people’s fear of being active
08 October 2018 | News
Disabled people count for one in five of Britain's population, almost 14 million people, ... in society. View video Read report The benefits system and other forms of government and NHS financial assistance are designed to enable disabled ...
Leeds City Council circulates I Can Make It model contract clauses
17 October 2017 | News
More progress for I Can Make It from Leeds City Council and in our partnership with Hertfordshire County Council. Leeds ... circulated our model contract clauses for local authorities and will include them in contracts, where it is appropriate ...
Learning disabilities: Time for Change Report
25 November 2014 | News
The ‘Time for Change’ report, commissioned by NHS England examines the future of services for people with learning disabilities and/or autism Following Winterbourne the Government pledged ...