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DR UK demands government make new residential buildings safer
23 March 2023 | News
... built environment bodies, fire safety organisations and DPOs, DR UK has signed a joint letter to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Rt Hon Michael Gove MP. Together we are ...
2nd Access to Work evidence session
02 September 2014 | News
The Work and Pensions Select Committee held the second of four Access to Work oral evidence sessions for its inquiry into employment support for disabled people Purpose ... DWP’s administration of the Access to Work programme and the level of customer service provided to users of the ...
Bank closures affect 90 per cent of disabled customers says new report
29 May 2018 | News
APPG for Disability report on inquiry into the effects of bank branch closures on disabled ... bank branches is having an effect on disabled people and their access to banking services. Some disabled ... by the banking industry, namely mobile replacements units and online banking, were found, by the research respondents, ...
Atos PIP centres one seventh of those expected
04 July 2013 | News
Atos centres in London and the South will only be one seventh of what was ... have contracted to carry out PIP assessments in: Scotland North East England North West England Isle of Man London ...
DR UK voices railway ticket office closure fears to Minister
12 July 2022 | News
DR UK CEO Kamran Mallick has written to the Rail Minister Wendy Morton to state deep concerns over plans which could lead to every train ticket office in England being shut down. It would leave passengers needing to ... bought over the counter, in the main by Disabled people and those over the age of 65 who do not have internet ...
Government to scrap child poverty targets
30 June 2015 | News
... Duncan Smith has announced that the child poverty measures and targets contained in the 2010 Child Poverty Act are to be scrapped ... households the educational attainment of all pupils and the most disadvantaged pupils at age 16 The government ...
Govt slow to move disabled from mental hospitals
03 February 2015 | News
Care services for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour This National ... by 1 June 2014, all people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour, for whom it was appropriate, from ...
Government report to UN on our rights 'clutching at straws'
11 September 2018 | News
Last year the UN looked at the UK’s record in implementing the Convention on the Rights of People with ... says there are plans for engaging with disabled people and our organisations these are yet to take place even ... creation of the inter-ministerial group on disability and society is welcome and I hope it will really get to ...
Lobby against benefit cuts to ESA
13 January 2016 | News
... benefit component from future ESA claimants who are placed in the work related activity group from April 2017. All ... was crucial with the committee stage for the Welfare Reform and Work Bill having concluded on Tuesday January 12th but ... then be debated on the floor of the commons on the 25th and 27th of January where MPs will have the chance to vote ...
Disabled claimants set to lose Warm Home Discounts
20 March 2022 | News
... out on the £150 Warm Home Discount scheme due to a change in who the Government deems entitled to claim. Disability ... Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and Attendance Allowance (AA) will no longer be able to ... in the Warm Home Discount payment from £140 to £150, and will say that it is expanding the pool of people able to ...