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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 ...
A New Strategy for Sport: Change of Approach event
08 May 2016 | News
Get Yourself Active were invited to attend the A New Strategy for Sport: Change of ... of speakers , including Phil Veasey from My Time Active and Barry Horne from EFDS (now known as Activity Alliance) ... out of being active as well as how many people get active and how often. At DR UK we feel this presents a real ...
Rapid Consultation: The impact of COVID-19 measures on the civil justice system
03 May 2020 | News
The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has commissioned an independent review led by Dr Natalie Byrom, Director of ... an Advisory Public Body with responsibility for overseeing and co-ordinating the modernisation of the civil justice ... to provide an overview of the operation of current measures and offer practical recommendations to inform the ongoing ...
Tell Us About Your Care partnership
28 October 2020 | News
... the Care Quality Commission Disability Rights UK is working with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as part of the ... Mind, The National Autistic Society, Patients Association and the Relatives & Residents Association . Disability ... who contact us about their experiences of using health and social care services. DR UK's Head of Advice Services, ...
Government Housing Promise for People with Learning Disabilities or Autism
21 October 2020 | News
New Legal Duty to Ensure Sufficient Housing in the Community for People with Learning Disabilities ... it promises to place a legal duty on local authorities and health commissioners, to ensure that there is sufficient ... therapeutic benefit can be achieved, improved care planning and assessment and improved provision of advocacy services. ...
Council’s personal budget capping wrong - Ombudsman
12 January 2020 | News
... wrongly reduced a disabled man’s personal budget by capping respite payments at the equivalent cost of residential ... unsuitable way of meeting his needs, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found . His parents had no ... home, after the man, who has severe learning difficulties and autistic spectrum disorder, had gone 16 months without ...
Claimants win 60 per cent of benefit appeals
08 December 2016 | News
Tribunals and gender recognition certificate statistics quarterly: ... 60 per cent of social security appeals were overturned in favour of the claimant in the quarter to September 2016. ... per cent were personal independence payment (PIP) appeals and 39 per cent were employment and support allowance (ESA) ...
DR UK gives evidence to Financial Exclusion Committee
12 September 2016 | News
Financial Exclusion Committee - Oral Evidence Session – ... Senior Policy Manager , Age UK Mr Philip Connolly, Policy and Communications Manager, Disability Rights UK DR UK would ... nature of financial exclusion that your members experience and what are the main causes of this exclusion? To what ...
Our meeting with Ed Miliband
11 January 2015 | News
Ed Miliband the labour Leader is a guest of Disability Rights UK and South Yorkshire Centre for Independent Living On Friday January 9th the labour leader ...
Personalised support services event
11 September 2013 | News
... Date:Wednesday, 25 September 2013 09:30 - 12:00 Venue: King's College London The setting for everyone involved with care and support services is changing. While the benefits of offering disabled people choice and control over their support are wide ranging, developing ...