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Grant system delays causing home improvements backlog
07 April 2022 | News
Disabled people are facing years of waiting for home improvement work due to poor ... scheme to help fund adaptations which improve accessibility and aid independent living is not meeting the government mandated timescale of 18 months for approval and completion ...
Russian para athletes banned from winter Paralympics
02 March 2022 | News
Russian and Belarusian athletes will be banned from the Beijing Winter Paralympics after the International Olympic Committee (IPC) bowed to international pressure and revoked its original decision to let those nations’ ...
Parliamentary review on proposed £30 week cut to ESA
12 November 2015 | News
A review is to take place in Parliament on 8 December about how the Government’s ... being led by Lord Low of Dalston, Baroness Meacher and Baroness Grey-Thompson, who are independent Peers in the ... a week will affect the day-to-day lives of disabled people, and whether or not it will help them move closer to work. ...
Self-driving cars pose threat for Disabled people
21 April 2021 | News
A new generation of self-driving cars which is supposed to eliminate human error can ... is drawing up a legal framework for self-driving vehicles, and has said that: “Systems may not have been trained to deal with the full variety of wheelchairs and mobility scooters.” The Times claims that the cars’ ...
Young disabled people wanted for campaign forum
31 December 2014 | News
Are you 18 to 25, know what would help you and others to create or obtain work but no one is listening? Disability Rights UK is establishing a forum to test our campaign work and we invite you to get in touch with us if you would wish ...
IDS calls for further ESA assessment reform
23 August 2015 | News
In a speech today, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith argued that employment and support allowance (ESA) was flawed because the ... the number of people on unemployment-related benefit has nearly halved since 2010, a fall of around 700,000 the number ...
We're Recruiting!
16 June 2022 | News
We’re Recruiting – DPO Development Manager Disability Rights UK (DR UK) ... DPO Development Manager to deliver the work. The chosen candidate will join DR UK at an exciting time for us. In ... of strengthening the voices of Disabled people. This role, and the work it will deliver, align perfectly with our ...
Work programme still fails disabled people
08 January 2014 | News
... the DWP published the latest work programme statistics claiming that more than 500 disabled people a week were being ... into employment, especially new claimants of Employment and Support Allowance. Why is government now switching from ... percentages that show the targets missed? What kind of jobs and training people are getting into/ Are they sustainable ...
Our response to the CQC State of Care report
12 October 2016 | News
We echo the concerns outlined in the State of Health and Social Care report published ... View report The report paints an alarming picture of demand increasing but the number of people supported ...
New Passenger Assistance app
15 August 2021 | News
The new Passenger Assistance app, which takes the time and fuss out of requesting assistance when you want to travel, was released in May. ... to make the whole process of requesting assistance quicker and smoother. You no longer need to spend time on the phone ...