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Police say disability hate crime up 5 percent
16 December 2013 | News
An overview of hate crime in England and Wales This is an Official Statistics bulletin produced ...
We support National Hate Crime Awareness Week
09 October 2016 | News
Letter of solidarity and support from our CEO Liz Sayce See original post In a recent BBC broadcast I said ‘disability ... hate crime is, often, still something which goes unreported and unnoticed. This can be because disabled people don’t ...
Lords says Govt failing duty of care to disabled people
23 March 2016 | News
... House of Lords Select Committee on the Equality Act 2010 and Disability investigating the Act's impact on disabled people has ... Disability Discrimination Act was born, giving new rights and new hope to disabled people. “Many of those rights ...
What makes our Leadership Academy Programme so different?
16 January 2018 | News
... of employees with lived experience of disability and/or long term health conditions. This programme has been recognised by The Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) and aims to not view having a ...
Autumn statement 2013
04 December 2013 | News
These are the key relevant announcements in the Chancellor’s autumn statement. Benefits Pension ... affect their benefit as they happen. Pensioners aged 75 and over who have an indefinite assessed income period in ... cash rise of £2.95 for the full basic State Pension. The standard minimum income guarantee in Pension Credit will rise ...
I Can Make It charges towards Christmas
15 December 2016 | News
... update from us before DR UK goes to sleep over Christmas and the New Year, we’d like to wish all our champions, followers, partners and supporters a Merry Christmas and a bright, prosperous, 2017. For us it’s a final drive to the finish of the year. On Monday, Kathryn ...
The government's reasons for gagging clauses
25 October 2018 | News
Two written questions, one by an MP and one by a Lord were asked concerning the government’s reason for using ‘gagging ... voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises and companies. The reasons given were to: ensure that ...
Stephen Crabb reaffirms no PIP cuts
28 June 2016 | News
... Group on Disability AGM. Over seventy observers, MPs and peers heard the Secretary of State at DWP Stephen Crabb repeat his commitment that the planned saving in personal independence payment would not be sought ... saw Dr Lisa Cameron MP confirmed as chair. Neil Coyle MP and Baroness Jane Campbell to act as co-secretaries. Vice ...
WCA tests “significantly” biased against poorer disabled people
09 August 2016 | News
... assessment (WCA) tests are “significantly biased” against claimants in poor areas of the country, according to ... in ‘wealthier’ areas are more likely to be awarded ESA and to be placed in the ESA support group. The study ... data from over 300 local authorities between 2007 and 2015 and is published next week in the journal Radical ...
Universal Credit: A policy under review
09 September 2014 | News
... paper reviews the current design of Universal Credit and its likely impacts. The paper proposes changes that ... would make the policy more likely to support people to get into and progress in work. It finds “overall, there is a clear ...