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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 ...
What the Global Disability Summit achieved
22 October 2018 | News
... co-hosted its first ever Global Disability Summit with the International Disability Alliance and the Government of Kenya. View Global Disability Summit ... the world. 67 countries were represented, along with nearly every multilateral agency and leading figures in the ...
Sign up for the free School for Change Agents
24 January 2017 | News
... School for Change Agents is a free, five-week virtual learning course for anyone who would like to make a difference in ... 16 th February at 3.30pm (GMT) with a live webinar, and at the same day and time for the following four weeks. If you’re not ...
Meet Kush Kanodia MBA: our new Ambassador
07 July 2019 | News
... is a message from Kush: I am greatly honoured to be appointed an Ambassador for Disability Rights UK (DR UK). My ... I graduated from RADAR's Leadership Development Programme and voted for the merger in 2011, which formed DR UK. I was ... leaders. The programme has successfully helped to enable and empower one of DR UK’s disabled graduates to become an ...
Peers letter to Health Minister on Care Act Easements
08 September 2020 | News
... Hon Matt Hancock MP Secretary of State Department of Health and Social Care 39 Victoria Street London SW1H 0EU 9 September 2020 Dear Secretary of State, We are writing to you today as a cross-party group of peers with an interest in the rights and wellbeing of disabled people to urge you to switch off ...