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Ten suspended after abuse at Essex mental health unit
23 September 2020 | News
... an Essex mental health unit have been suspended after a CQC inspection revealed claims of disabled people being dragged, slapped and kicked within the facility. CCTV footage from Yew Trees ... people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health problems move back into the community. The government gave ...
Write to your MP to ensure £20 week UC increase is retained and extended to ESA
25 July 2021 | News
... (DBC), of which DR UK is a member, has issued a Briefing to MPs and a template letter to send to your MP, highlighting the ... the uplift be removed in April Face the accessibility issues surrounding the application and management of a UC ...
Co-production at a Glance!
11 April 2024 | News
At Disability Rights UK, we are embarking on a journey to embed co-production within our ... a Disabled people’s organisation, we are run by and for Disabled people, so there’s nothing more important ... but doing things differently means tackling a range of issues that confront us. There is no roadmap for ...
New report suggests Govt should refocus work priorities for disabled people
02 May 2016 | News
Universal Challenge: Making a success of Universal Credit. Read report and recommendations The government's flagship benefit reform has "serious design flaws" and has "veered off track" because of cost-cutting, a think ...
Flexible hours would combat pay gap and increase disabled peoples job opportunities
14 August 2017 | News
Offering flexible hours to all job applicants will help combat pay disparities and increase job opportunities for disabled people, according to a new research by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The recommendations form part ...
400,000 people to be pushed into poverty by health and disability benefit cuts
27 March 2025 | News
... Rachel Reeves, announced major savage cuts to the health and disability benefits. Cuts reforms announced in the Government’s Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper consultation ...
Court of Appeal hearing in mother’s fight for second inquest into death of Jodey Whiting
26 January 2023 | News
The mother of Jodey Whiting will have a Court of Appeal hearing on Tuesday 31 January and Wednesday 1 February 2023 in her fight for a second ... Jodey, who suffered severe physical and mental health problems, took her own life a fortnight after her benefits ...
Number Of Trussell Trust Food Parcels Nearly Double Over The Past Five Years
04 June 2024 | News
... the most parcels ever distributed by the network in a year and nearly double the number compared to five years ago. ... to five years ago. In newly published annual statistics, problems with health are reported in over one in five (22%) ... them with too little income to cover the essentials. Issues with benefits such as long waits, delays, or ...
DR UK praised for universal basic income analysis
16 April 2019 | News
This is the opening paragraph of Robbie Spence's roadlesstraveller blogspot. ... big welfare rights charities I used to work for: CPAG, DRUK and Working Families. Searching for "universal basic income" at cpag.org.uk and workingfamilies.org.uk yields no results, while ...
Partner of “distraught” ESA claimant says DWP drove him to his death
08 February 2021 | News
The DWP has been blamed for causing the death of a disabled man whose partner had warned he ... benefit assessment that had left him “distraught” and “devastated”, reports the Disability News Service. ... moved into a bungalow on 23 December, because the mobility problems caused by his heart condition meant he could no ...