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MPs call for action on unacceptable level of UK financial exclusion
30 March 2017 | News
The Select Committee on Financial Exclusion calls on the Financial Conduct Authority and Banks to give greater priority to tackling financial ... than 1.7 million people in the UK without a bank account and 40% of the working age population with less than £100 ...
Letter to the Times on Housing Standards
30 October 2014 | News
The following letter was printed today (October 31) in the Times. Sir, ... to express our concern that the Government’s Housing Standards Review could reduce the number of new homes built that meet the needs of disabled and older people. Accessibly designed homes can support ...
Channel 4 unveils Tokyo Paralympics line up
08 July 2021 | News
Almost three quarters of the 2021 Paralympic presenting team identify as Disabled, Channel 4 has announced – ... as TV presenter Sophie Morgan, former Royal Marines commando and Strictly Come Dancing star JJ Chalmers, and former rugby ...
Public attitudes to poverty
28 September 2014 | News
... report looks at current public attitudes to poverty and how views have changed since the 2008 financial crash It examines public attitudes ... of poverty. If stable, well-paid employment were available and the cost of living lower, fewer people would need to ...
41.7 percent faced WCA every 6 months
05 February 2014 | News
A recent freedom of information request shows that a higher proportion of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants are called back for ... years or "in the longer term. The reply showed the 'Number and proportion of people who have had an initial or repeat ...
Disabled people far more likely to die by suicide than non-disabled people
07 March 2023 | News
... likely to die by suicide than non-Disabled people according to the latest data released from the 2021 Census. For ... hardest hit by cuts in public services, reducing incomes and rising costs. We face inadequate health and social care services, punitive benefit processes, low ...
Join our website development user group
03 August 2021 | News
DR UK is developing a new website, launching in 2022. As part of ... website. You would be expected to take part in one to one and group interviews with Disability Rights UK staff and staff from our chosen company creating the website. ...
Government must listen to families of Disabled children on school attendance
02 March 2022 | News
... Education (DfE) consultation on stricter attendance rules in schools. The Government’s School attendance: improving ... to improve attendance in school, including stricter rules and legal prosecutions for parents. Reasons for ... vulnerable children have been threatened with fines and prosecution if they do not stop home-schooling. Bethany ...
We're Recruiting!
09 October 2023 | News
We’re Recruiting – Moving Social Work Programme Manager Disability ... a Programme Manager to 'Moving Social Work'. The chosen candidate will join DR UK at an exciting time for us. In ... Social Work (MSW) programme. This will involve empowering and upskilling the social work profession to become ...
DR UK ambassador at Hate Crime event
05 July 2016 | News
Prevention, Protection, Prosecution: Effectively Tackling Hate Crime in Every Community. Time and date: 10:15am - 4:30pm, Wednesday 13th July 2016 Venue: ... Bridge London Stephen Brookes MBE, DR UK ambassador and Co-ordinator, Disability Hate Crime Network, will be ...