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Assessing the Government’s Disability Strategy
11 August 2021 | News
By Fazilet Hadi, Disability Rights UK Head of Policy Introduction Four years after a scathing report from the ... the unequal life experiences of Disabled people, and the PM’s introduction points to the need for ... becomes apparent that a wide gulf exists between the deep and systemic inequalities faced by Disabled people and the ...
Smith Commission: Scottish devolved powers
26 November 2014 | News
The Smith Commission published its report detailing Heads of Agreement on further devolution of powers to ... Credit (UC) will remain a reserved benefit administered and delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) but Scotland will have powers to: change ...
Disabled MP’s jobs warning to government: ‘Do not under-estimate prejudice’
14 January 2016 | News
... the government not to underestimate the difficulty of achieving its aim of halving the disability employment gap, ... News Service Paul Maynard, MP for Blackpool North and Cleveleys, told a parliamentary debate on access to jobs ... the extent of prejudice in society when he left school and started seeking work. He said: “No one should ...
Government abandons plans to extend SSP to all low paid workers
03 August 2021 | News
The Government has abandoned plans to reform statutory sick pay (SSP) – including removing the ‘lower earnings limit’ to ensure ... Adviser said: “The Government’s own consultation clearly shows there is widespread support for the extension of ...
We are looking for our next Chair of Trustees
08 June 2021 | News
Since its foundation in 2012 DR UK has significantly grown in profile, influence and reputation. In 2022 we celebrate 10 years of our ... organisation is rooted in the Social Model of Disability and takes a rights-based approach. It is made up of ...
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 ...