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I Can Make It has gone through a chicane of meetings with our volunteer champions
27 October 2016 | News
In the space of four days we have had two meetings with five champions across England at our offices in Old Street. These were to welcome them to the campaign and to discuss how they could take the campaign forward in ...
Complaints matter says CQC
07 December 2014 | News
Complaints about health and social care should be taken more ... finds there is a wide variation in the way complaints were handled across the NHS, primary care and adult social care ...
Public Law Solicitors response to PIP consultation
20 August 2013 | News
Public Law Solicitors (PLS) act for the three DLA claimants in the judicial review proceedings challenging the ... undertaken prior to their introduction was inadequate and that the Government failed to comply with its Equality ... a person is unable to move more than 50 metres they are clearly amongst the most physically disabled in our society ...
Global Disability Summit 2018 postscript
25 July 2018 | News
... co-hosted its first ever Global Disability Summit with the International Disability Alliance and the Government of Kenya at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic ... donors, private sector organisations, charities and organisations of persons with disabilities. Delegates ...
DWP agrees to set target for benefit underpayments
07 August 2016 | News
The Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee, Frank Field MP, has welcomed the ... change of heart on a target for benefit underpayments. In its December 2015 report on benefit delivery , the ... in the past, I have subsequently reflected on this and concluded that we can and should introduce a global ...
Our position on the ILF closure
21 July 2014 | News
Disability Rights UK position on the Independent Living Fund Disability Rights UK opposes closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) unless and until an effective alternative approach is in place that ... The level of social care funding in real terms has, and is likely to continue to be, cut overall outweighing ...
Apprenticeship update from the Department for Education
03 August 2020 | News
Apprentices that have been made redundant without completing their apprenticeships and those at risk of redundancy can now access support from ... individuals to access free online information and telephone support, helping apprentices to connect with ...
Devastation as Assisted Dying Bill Passes
20 June 2025 | News
We are devastated to hear of the passing of the Assisted Dying Bill by 23 votes today in the ... solidarity to all the Disabled people, DPOs, campaigners and MPs who have worked together to oppose this bill and have Disabled voices highlighted. It is deeply ...
Removing Covid restrictions puts Disabled people at risk
09 February 2022 | News
The Government is proposing removing all Covid restrictions by the end of this ... restrictions at the end of February. Where is the science and evidence behind this thinking? There is a small but ... those at most risk from Covid as long as there is a global pandemic. Instead, it appears to be pretending that Covid has ...
Government continues to fail Disabled election candidates
24 March 2021 | News
Questions have been asked this week in the House of Lords about why there isn’t a Government ... to support the reasonable adjustments of Disabled election candidates. The Government continues to argue that it is the ... of political parties, ignoring the fact that the structures and organisation of such parties don’t always provide the ...