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National Disability Strategy declared unlawful: Disability Rights UK comment
25 January 2022 | News
... Rights CEO Kamran Mallick said: “We have a phrase in the disability community: ‘nothing about us without ... I pay tribute to the Disabled people who fought for justice and gained this landmark ruling. “A Disability Strategy formulated ...
LINks good practice online resources
14 May 2013 | News
Disability Rights UK helping to strengthen the transition from LINks (Local ... contains further background, and there are is also a repository of further relevant ... Networks (LINks) as the "consumer voice" in health and social care. It is important that local Healthwatch ...
SSAC consult on alleged ESA loophole closure
07 December 2014 | News
The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) is consulting on the Government's proposals to close a “loophole” relating to repeat claims for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) . Claimants whose award of ... determination to protect the benefit system from abuse and to close off opportunities for exploitation by a ...
Disabled people face biggest average benefit reduction under Universal Credit says new study
02 February 2016 | News
Universal Credit (UC) promises a more streamlined system but, unlike its original intention, will offer ... release Robert Joyce, an Associate Director at the IFS and an author of the report, said: “The long run effect of ... universal credit should make the system easier to understand, ease transitions into and out of work, and largely get ...
True portability of social care
22 May 2013 | News
... but there is concern about Local Authority processes and restrictions Disability Rights UK welcomes the publication of Think Local Act Personal’s second national survey of people ... budgets. The survey of 3,300 people with personal budgets and carers was carried out for TLAP by In Control and the ...
MPs say delay the vote on the next phase of Universal Credit
21 November 2018 | News
Government must set - and meet - next phase Universal Credit tests. Find out more The Work and Pensions Committee says the Government must delay the ...
May Rail Timetable Chaos blamed on system wide failure
03 December 2018 | News
... The Parliamentary Transport Select Committee says in its December report that swift reform is needed to restore passenger trust in railways and this must include effective contingency plans and stringent enforcement for disabled passengers. DRUK ...
Disability Rights UK releases We Belong report
20 January 2021 | News
... rights removed, our access to health care de-prioritised, inadequate support for education, challenges in buying food and barriers to accessing information. At times in the past, we have come together to assert our place in society and this is one of those times. With the Government’s ...
DWP has 80% targets for refusing benefit reconsiderations
15 May 2017 | News
A DWP response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed that it has a target to refuse 80% of mandatory reconsideration requests as a Key Performance ... measures for April 2016 to March 2017 show that nearly nine out of 10 reconsideration requests (87.5%) are ...
Two Champions for I Can Make It represented young people with disabilities with distinction this week
30 November 2017 | News
The Foyles War Rooms at the Cunard Building in Liverpool were a grand location for our Champion for I Can Make It in the North West, Hannah Ross, and Leo Capella the Project Coordinator for the campaign to ...