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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
DPOs dismayed at one month window to respond to National Strategy
20 January 2021 | News
Disabled people have been given just one month to influence the government’s National Strategy for Disabled ... to listen. The survey will remain open until 23 April, and your views will be used to inform the delivery of the ... that the window of opportunity to respond to the survey and fully influence the Strategy is so small, especially ...
Call for stronger Government regulation on protecting Disabled people from fire
23 June 2021 | News
... Disability Rights UK, Leaseholders Disability Action Group and Grenfell Next of Kin have highlighted four key areas where Government ... have one. Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans should clearly state what is needed for a safe evacuation and the ...
DR UK condemns austerity cult as disabled man kills himself after £20 benefit cut
03 September 2018 | News
Disabled West Sussex landscape gardener Mark Barber took his own life shortly after learning his benefits would be cut by £20 a week. Read the full ... how he spent £12 on a phone call to the Department of Work and Pensions to sort out his benefit payments. Philip ...
Video Relay Service is now available across all DWP service lines
05 November 2020 | News
... Service (VRS),that was rolled out for universal credit in April 2020, has now been extended to all its service ... There is no need for anyone to be in the same location and the claimant does not have to book the service in advance. This means that the claimant and the DWP agent can have a telephone conversation in real ...