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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 ...
Financial pressure undermines NHS
09 July 2014 | News
Into the Red? The State of the NHS' Finances This Nuffield ... a comprehensive look at how the finances of the hospitals and commissioning groups that make up the NHS in England have held up under austerity. Based on audited ...
COVID certification review – call for evidence
18 March 2021 | News
... for evidence for its COVID Status Certification review, in essence, vaccination passports. The government is weighing up whether certification could and should play a role in reopening the economy, reducing restrictions on social contact and improving safety. Certification would be available to ...
DR UK at DRILL planning meeting
15 April 2015 | News
The DRILL (Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning) is a Four Nation Research ... Rights UK alongside partners Disability Action Northern Ireland, Inclusion Scotland and Disability Wales have been ...
Nine Remploy factories to close
03 July 2013 | News
Five Remploy factories in Scotland and four factories in England to close Remploy has announced ...
DR UK ambassador wins No2H8 crime award
11 October 2017 | News
... Crime champion award. He received this award at a TellMAMA dinner event held on Tuesday 10 October 2017. On receiving ... as an Ambassador for Disability Rights UK any work I do, and we as an organisation do, must ensure that disabled people feel safe and not under any form of threat from people who see us as ...
Capita Equality Act challenge
20 October 2014 | News
Wolverhampton Welfare Rights are in the process of bringing a claim against Capita and the Department for work and Pension (DWP) for failures under the Equality Act ...