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Scottish disabled student access report
01 June 2014 | News
Planning improvements for disabled pupils' access to education - ... consultation on draft guidance on the Disability Strategies and Pupils' Educational Records (Scotland) Act 2002 ("the 2002 Act"). The 2002 Act contains duties ...
DBC open letter to Government on ESA cut
25 January 2016 | News
National charities and Peers sign Open Letter calling on Government to stop £30-a-week ESA cut Original text ... the DBC website Ahead of a key vote on the Welfare Reform and Work Bill next week in the House of Lords, over 30 ...
Active Lives Report – Disabled people continue to lose out
27 October 2021 | News
Last week, Sport England , the arms-length body of government responsible for growing and developing grassroots sport and getting more people ...
Number of DWP disability employment advisers falls by a third during the pandemic
05 April 2021 | News
The DWP is facing questions over its commitment to disability equality ... Employment Advisers (DEAs) fell sharply during the pandemic, while the number of mainstream Work Coaches soared. ... pledge to recruit 13,500 new Work Coaches to deal with the pandemic unemployment crisis. This means that the number of ...
Second secret DWP benefit death report could open door for bereaved families
31 January 2021 | News
Ministers appear close to defeat in their six-year battle to prevent the release of secret reports into the suicides and other deaths of benefit claimants, after the release of ... who starved to death in June 2018 after his employment and ESA and other benefits were wrongly removed, have been ...
Race report criticism continues to grow as UN joins the condemnation
21 April 2021 | News
... race report attempts to “normalise white supremacy” and could “fuel racism” in the UK. The UN Working Group of Experts on People of ... “strongly rejected” the Government’s “stunning” and “reprehensible” report, arguing it “repackages ...
Families struggling as child costs rise
18 August 2013 | News
Child Poverty Action Group release 'The Cost of a Child in 2013' report Families are struggling as the cost of bringing up a child and meet their minimum needs has risen to £148,000 - around ... while average earnings rose by 1.5%, benefits for families and children by just 1%, and child benefit did not rise at ...
Grenfell recommendations – DR UK open statement
24 March 2021 | News
Almost four years after the Grenfell Tower fire in which 72 people died, including Disabled people, the ... to be strong resistance from some within the housing sector and fire service, to putting in the basic protections that ... residents need in the event of fire. “Building owners and managing agents in the private and public housing ...
Gathering the Evidence: Making Personal Budgets Work for All report
17 July 2017 | News
This Think Local Act Personal report sets out a direction for ... attention to the lack of a firm evidence base for understanding the impact of personal budgets. TLAP addressed this ... by working with colleagues from across the care and support sector, including people with lived experience, ...
I Can Make It welcomes Anna Denham
03 November 2016 | News
Anna Denham has recently joined the I Can Make It team at Disability Rights UK, having ... contacts such as the Chartered Institute for Procurement and Supply who have agreed to feature us in their next ... we may have opportunities to complement the training and resources we pass onto our champions and apprentices. ...