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Northern charities create ‘Manifesto for a Better Normal’
08 September 2020 | News
... North is one of a group of North East charities calling for change across the North East of England as part of a ‘Manifesto for a Better Normal’. The ... disabled people have been affected by the COVID-19 crisis, and calls on government, services and businesses to learn ...
Disabled student granted permission to legally challenge rules excluding him from Universal Credit
15 June 2021 | News
Flinn Kays, a Disabled psychology student, has been granted ... Regulations which amend the 2013 regulations significantly and exclude Disabled students like him from entitlement to ... in 2011/2012, just prior to the benefit being introduced, clearly indicate that the intention was very much for the ...
DWP to pilot single service to deliver all disability benefits assessments
04 March 2020 | News
The DWP is piloting a new system that it has developed which will deliver ... Separate organisations currently run assessments for PIP and the Work Capability Assessments (WCAs) in ESA and Universal Credit, using different IT systems. The new ...
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, ...
Atos to lose WCA contract: our response
18 February 2014 | News
DR UK urges public to see beyond ATOS incompetence in administering fit for work tests. The Work ... Allowance) was devised by officials inside the Government and approved by ministers. The contract to deliver the assessments was drawn up by the Government and then Government inadequately monitored and managed the ...
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 ...