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Government fails to restore disabled people’s rights
30 September 2020 | News
The government has refused to remove provisions in the Coronavirus Act which allow local authorities to reduce Care Act rights for disabled people and allow the Secretary of State to reduce the rights of ... disabled children to education support. Over 100 disability and human rights organisations and over 500 disabled ...
Baroness Campbell calls for human rights-busting Coronavirus powers to be switched off
28 September 2020 | News
In a debate in the House of Lords yesterday, she said: “My ... Act be switched-off now, not extended further. I and 30 other Members across the House wrote to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the other place, to make this request, ...
Councils overcharging tens of thousands of disabled people who are severely mentally impaired
03 October 2017 | News
New research by MoneySavingExpert.com says thousands of disabled people in England, Scotland and Wales are being overcharged up to £400 a ...
Liberty bedroom tax human rights legal challenge
30 April 2014 | News
... Liberty announced that it has been granted permission to bring a Judicial Review of the Government’s controversial ... the relevant regulations on the grounds they are irrational and a violation of Articles 8 and/or 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the ...
DR UK seeks assurances on Access to Work spending
24 April 2014 | News
The number of disabled people being helped by Access to Work is up by over 10% on last year, ... to the DWP. The Department says that new figures show that nearly 10,000 new disabled people claimed support from the ... people at work, such as support workers, specialist aids and equipment and travel to work support. It takes the total ...
ENIL is Recruiting a New Executive Director
01 February 2017 | News
The European Network on Independent Living (ENIL) is recruiting a new Executive Director (ED), who is to open new horizons and take the organisation onto the next stage of its ... 2017. To apply, please send your CV, a motivation letter clearly explaining how you comply with the job requirements ...
New Public Buildings to be fitted with Changing Places Toilets
16 May 2019 | News
Government Launches Consultation on introduction of Changing Places Toilets to all new Public ... vital equipment such as height adjustable changing benches and hoists, and above all a safe and clean environment to enable ...
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill will take our rights backwards
04 September 2018 | News
... committee stage of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill begins in the House of Lords. View progress of the Bill Mental ... affect the fundamental human rights of hundreds of thousands of people with conditions such as dementia, learning disability and brain injury. Commenting on the Bill Sue Bott CBE, ...
Our response to the spending review
27 June 2013 | News
... Rights UK want to see social support that puts power in the hands of disabled people and enables us to fulfil our human right to participate in ...
DR UK joins Accessible Voting Day signatories
02 March 2022 | News
Barack Obama declared that "there is no such thing as a vote that does not matter". Yet many people are ... weren't accessible for people with a learning disability and 61% of people reported that polling station staff did ... not always make legally entitled reasonable adjustments. And, RNIB have serious concerns that the Elections Bill will ...