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DR UK statement on leaving the DCC
17 June 2021 | News
... For the past 18 months Disability Rights UK has been working on an internal strategy review. We have been looking at how we can work more deeply, with greater listening, and greater amplification of the voices of Disabled people. ... together our voices, speak truth to power, loudly and clearly, and make sure that we are heard. So we did just that. ...
Read Xenias story on shared ownership
24 November 2013 | News
“We noticed a totally different Xenia in the three years since she moved here. She’s more ... to leave a restaurant after showing challenging behaviour and overturning a table in frustration. The 'outburst' was a reflection of Xenia’s complex needs and the fact she was overwhelmed. Yet just a few months ago, ...
We demand Bristol Council withdraw draft plans to remove the right to at-home care
19 September 2023 | News
... care by Bristol Council as “absolutely unacceptable” and in breach of law. In letters to the Mayor of Bristol and the Leader of Bristol’s Green Group, our CEO Kamran ...
Disabled passenger service improves – ORR report
12 July 2022 | News
The Government’s Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) consumer report shows train and station operators have made improvements to their ...
DR UK/CII Energy Limiting Conditions survey shows huge impacts on daily living
14 December 2021 | News
Four in five people with Energy Limiting Conditions face barriers ... education, healthcare, work, income security, getting out and socialising with friends and family and over 90% have ... A survey of 1,710 people with Energy Limiting Conditions clearly shows that many of the barriers are unique to this ...
DWP sanctions system discriminated against disabled people for a decade
25 July 2019 | News
The DWP’s benefit sanctions regime has been discriminating against disabled people throughout nearly the whole of the last decade, according to new figures ... been true for every year from 2009 to 2018, except for 2017 and 2018 when the figures for disabled and non-disabled JSA ...
DWP admits wrongly refusing PIP to record number of Disabled people
24 February 2022 | News
‘Flaws in the system’ have led to almost 80,000 Personal ... number of reviews carried out by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) falling by 23% over the same period. ... appeal through the DWP’s internal process, known as mandatory reconsideration. Reversals at this stage have ...
DPCG urge chancellor to continue the Household Support Fund
20 August 2024 | News
... to the Chancellor Rachel Reeves as the September deadline for the withdrawal of the Household Support Fund ... residents with essential expenses such as food, utilities, and clothing . The money is provided by central government and enables local councils to support low-income families in ...
Open Letter to Boris Johnson
15 July 2020 | News
... is amongst the signatories of an open letter to the Prime Minister organised by Scope, warning that the government is forgetting about disabled people and risks turning back the clock on equality. The letter can ... high number of deaths of disabled people has been a tragedy and must be investigated. We have struggled to get health ...
High Court rules loss of around £180 a month disability premiums on claiming Universal Credit is unlawful discrimination
26 January 2022 | News
Two Disabled men, TP and AR, have won a fourth legal challenge over the DWP’s ... to provide adequate transitional payments to protect them and others from a ‘cliff-edge’ loss of income following their move to Universal Credit (UC). ...