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Disability Rights UK CEO calls for restoration of human rights for disabled people, as 1922 Committee Chair tables Coronavirus Act democracy amendment
27 September 2020 | News
Over 50 Conservative MPs are backing an amendment tabled by the Chair of the influential ... The report also suggests that Labour, the Lib Dems and the SNP will also back the amendment. Disability Rights ... on MPs not to forget that as well as defending human rights and civil liberties through the instigation of a democratic ...
UK’s first disabled/electric dual charging bay
08 January 2019 | News
The latest NCP car park to open in Salford, Stanley Street, has installed dual electric ... This idea was proposed to NCP by Helen Dolphin MBE and Libbie Bilyard, founders of the People's Parking ... too aware of the increasing growth of electric vehicles and although I don’t have an electric vehicle myself, I ...
New Government Funding Announced
16 July 2020 | News
... to be released to help discharge people with learning disabilities or autism into the community Funding to be released to local councils and can be spent on accommodation, related staff training and establishing community teams. Fazilet Hadi, Disability ...
Obesity is not just a question of diet: What about getting active?
01 May 2018 | News
... strategy fails to mention the role of physical activity and mental health. Speaking in the Guardian , she says: “Last Wednesday the leaders of the Labour, Scottish National, Lib Dem and Green parties sent a letter to the prime minister, ...
New Equality Delivery System (EDS2) guide launches
05 May 2016 | News
... Last Friday, Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, launched the Equality Delivery System 2: Guide to ... led by the Race Equality Foundation, Disability Rights UK and others. During the event Simon Stevens argued that the NHS has four ...
Pledgeathon event at Financial Times HQ marks new approach to fair chance of a job for disabled people
19 March 2018 | News
Disability Rights UK have invited all the leading businesses in the UK (FTSE 250) and the leaders of all the local councils in England and Wales to be participants in their “I can make a ...
Workplace Pension Seminars
20 November 2016 | News
... put on a series of free afternoon workplace pension seminars during October and November 2016. The law on workplace pensions has ... employer must put certain staff into a pension scheme, and contribute towards it- a system called auto-enrolment- ...
Improved support needed for disabled university students
13 July 2020 | News
DR UK is calling on the Department for Education to scrap the £200 ... the APPG about the delays in obtaining accessible equipment and the financial contribution of £200 they have to pay ... equipment is received by disabled students in August and that the £200 contribution is removed. Fazilet Hadi, DR ...
Will the Budget deliver for disabled people?
08 March 2020 | News
... CEO of Disability Rights UK said: “We will be watching the Budget with great interest, to see if funding is ... people already make an enormous contribution to society and we could do even more if government provided us with vital support and removed barriers to inclusion.” Disability Rights UK ...
Our response: Paying disabled people less for work
15 October 2014 | News
... suggested disabled people could be paid less than the minimum wage Lord Freud made the remarks during a fringe ... that takes account of different people’s individual needs and puts choice and control in the hands of individuals and employers." We ...