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Government promises a ‘New Deal for Renters’
26 June 2022 | News
After a long three-year wait, the government finally released its “New Deal for Renters”, the fairer ... million Disabled people in the UK are renting privately. And with recent investigations by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism highlighting huge inequalities and barriers faced by Disabled people in housing, the paper ...
Disability campaigner Baroness Masham dies at 87
14 March 2023 | News
Baroness Masham, who set up the Spinal Injuries Association, has died aged 87. A lifelong ... campaigner, Baroness Masham was a Paralympian swimming and table tennis medallist throughout the 1960s, and became a life peer in the House of Lords in 1970. She ...
Hackney Council sued after council home caused lung disease
26 January 2023 | News
A tenant with an incurable lung condition he argues was caused by the mould ... in his flat has called for greater punishments for councils and landlords that fail to act on "inhumane" living conditions. ...
DRILL second call for applications
01 May 2017 | News
Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning (DRILL) is the world’s ... led by disabled people. It covers the whole of the UK and is funded by the Big Lottery Fund until 2020. DRILL is ...
Holocaust Memorial Day
26 January 2020 | News
... the liberation of Auschwitz. DRUK representatives will be joining community leaders, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at a Holocaust Memorial Day ...
Safe Hate Crime reporting
02 February 2015 | News
Katie Cutler’s decision to set up an online donation page to help a disabled man who had his collar ... broken by a mugger is to be commended It was a very decent and praiseworthy reaction and sends out a positive message for attitudes to ...
The Department for Transport has confirmed the appointment of new members to the Disabled Transport Advisory Committee
12 March 2025 | News
Local Transport Minister Simon Lightwood has announced the appointment of 13 ... – prominent leader in public policy, disability advocacy, and corporate governance Mark Cutter – Chair of Northern’s Accessibility User Group (NAUG) and the Rail Accessibility and Inclusion Forum for the North ...
Fundraising Star Mitch brings it at London Marathon 2023!
17 May 2023 | News
... our work! Our fabulous runner Mitchell Brady achieved the incredible time of 4:11:58 at his very first London ... always, incredible. Mitch says: “The crowd were immense and definitely help to pull you over the line, which makes ... had a resurgence in the asthma he has had from a young age and has to depend on several medicines to help him to ...
Government loses Poundland appeal
29 October 2013 | News
The Government’s appeal to the Supreme Court against an Appeal Court that it’s "back to work" schemes were legally flawed. The Court of Appeal, in Reilly and Wilson v Secretary of State , held that the regulations ... of the Government’s Back to Work schemes were unlawful and quashed them. The Court of Appeal case concerned two ...
DWP concedes legal challenge by couple who lost almost £10,000 by claiming Universal credit
25 July 2021 | News
A couple who lost £10,000 on transferring to Universal Credit (UC) are to receive full compensation for their past and future loss, following a successful judicial review. Background: Mary Deadman and John Ryan claimed UC in 2019, after a relative ...