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Thousands struggle to buy food
02 April 2020 | News
There are growing concerns that people with specific medical conditions ... delivery scheme. Sight loss charities are asking that blind and partially sighted people have access to the scheme. ... now actively considering how the scheme could be extended and improved. Fazilet Hadi said: “We welcome the ...
DR UK condemns Philip Hammond's comments on disabled people's productivity
06 December 2017 | News
... Committee Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond MP, in answer to a question about the cause of poor productivity ... including higher participation by marginal groups and very high levels of engagement in the workforce, for ... Mallick said: ‘This is an extraordinary comment to make and an insult to the hundreds of thousands of hard working ...
No more avoidable deaths: hospitals must be safe places for disabled people
12 September 2018 | News
Today, on world sepsis day, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has published a case about an avoidable death from sepsis which happened at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. View case ... press release A disabled young woman died from sepsis following a urinary tract infection and her mother brought a ...
Pandemic has made many doctors less willing to attempt CPR, study finds
26 July 2022 | News
Doctors appear to be more willing to withhold resuscitation from very sick or frail patients since Covid – and have raised the threshold for referral to intensive ... their acute illness. However, the study suggests that the pandemic has not changed doctors views on euthanasia and ...
Council cuts affect sustainability
06 June 2013 | News
The Public Accounts Committee 3rd Report of this Session examines the financial sustainability of local authorities This ... over a quarter in real terms (£7.6 billion) between 2011 and 2015. The Department for Communities and Local Government is reforming the business rates and ...
Appeal granted against court judgment excluding disabled students from universal credit
17 August 2022 | News
In January 2022, the High Court dismissed a judicial review ... UC until he first underwent a work capability assessment and established a limited capability for work. However, ... to appeal the High Court judgment has now been granted and the case will be heard by the Court of Appeal. In 2020, ...
We're recruiting!
07 December 2021 | News
... Rights UK wishes to hire a young Disabled person to join our team. We have a vacancy for a Sales and Membership Assistant, via the Kickstart Programme . ... Programme aims to create jobs for those aged between 16-24 and in receipt of Universal Credit. The role will last for ...
London stations embrace Sunflower scheme
03 March 2020 | News
Sunflower-branded lanyards and sunflower-branded ticket wallets are now available from major London railway interchanges for the Southern and Southeastern railway ...
Disabled people delivering professional training with lived experience is a potent mix
19 September 2018 | News
Uber is extending its programme of Disability Equality Training (DET) for ... platforms throughout the UK. Transport for All (TfA) and Inclusion London will be providing this training TfA and IL will deliver up to 34 DET sessions each month across ...
MPs call for legalisation of e-scooters
05 October 2020 | News
MPs have called on the government to legalise e-scooters in the UK and advertise them to car drivers as a greener alternative ... using them on pavements, which they said was dangerous and antisocial, and an impediment to pedestrians and ...