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DR UK VCSE Review response
04 March 2015 | News
Joint review of health and care sector investment in Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise organisations Response from Disability ...
Disabled people still by far the worst affected by the bedroom tax
10 September 2019 | News
... thirds of households subject to the bedroom tax under housing benefit are in receipt of DLA, PIP, Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, or Severe ... New research published just this month shows that nearly half of disabled people hit by the benefits freeze ...
New HoME group demands next government addresses dearth of accessible homes
05 November 2019 | News
DRUK has joined forces with nine other organisations in coalition to ... has written an open letter to the next government to demand that urgent action is taken to tackle the growing ... accessible homes in the UK. Sue Bott, DRUK's Head of Policy and Research says: "DRUK is pleased to be a founder member ...
Liz Sayce speaks at the Polish Disability Forum
27 September 2016 | News
The Forum asked our CEO Liz Sayce to take part in a debate concerning implementation of Article 27 of the ... View Liz Sayce’s presentation Article 27 covers Work and Employment and says: 1. Disabled people have the right to earn a living ...
First PIP review consultation
22 June 2014 | News
Personal Independence Payment assessment: independent review: call for evidence. The Department for Work and Pensions appointed Paul Gray CB to undertake the first ... a claim, the face to face consultation, the daily living and mobility criteria and getting a decision. This call for ...
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’ ...
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. ...
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’ ...
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 ...