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School academisation threat to Disabled children
05 May 2021 | News
Education Minister Gavin Williamson has announced he wants to see an ‘end to pick and mix’ and see more schools become academies and part of ...
Pave The Way travel report launched
01 February 2021 | News
... has launched a new report on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and the barriers to Active Travel. DR UK's Rail Policy ... Pave The Way report highlights the fear Disabled people and representative organisations feel over the fact that our voices are being excluded from short and long term planning over Covid-19 ...
New report recommends learning disabilities commissioner be appointed
21 February 2016 | News
... of the Bubb report, has called on the government to appoint a Learning Disabilities Commissioner. His original ... support for the vulnerable are larger than first thought and that subsequent proposals (Oct 2015) to deliver these ... two key reforms: The closure of inappropriate institutions and the ramping up of community provision That Government ...
Overcoming your disability within employment
20 July 2016 | News
This is a new blog by William Case, who talks about being a volunteer with our I Can Make It project. I Can ... It aims to influence existing spending in local government and large businesses by engaging with their procurement teams and supply chain managers to raise awareness of the benefits ...
Disability Rights UK slams PM decision not to appoint a dedicated Disability Minister
14 December 2023 | News
Downing Street has announced that the Minister for Disabled People will no longer be a stand-alone role and that no-one will be appointed to take over from the ...
Report urges keep local welfare provision grant
30 June 2014 | News
Tracking Welfare Reform: Local Welfare Provision – one year on ... on , London Councils is calling on the Department of Work and Pensions and the Department for Communities and Local Government to ...
Liz Sayce speaks at UK Mental Disability Law Conference
30 June 2016 | News
Inaugural UK Mental Disability Law Conference 2016. Thursday 30 June – Friday 1 July 2016 This conference is intended to bring researchers, active in the field of ... is speaking on the subject of Compulsion in psychiatry and the role of law in a non-discriminatory world View ...
Law Commission recommends adding disability to list of hate crimes
08 December 2021 | News
... victims receive the same protections as those experiencing hate crime due to race or religion. Recommendations ... strengthen the law in relation to hate crimes against women and LGBTQ+ people. Hate crime refers to existing criminal ... said: “Hate crime has a terrible impact on victims and it's unacceptable that the current levels of protection ...
Care home workers without jab should get other jobs – Sajid Javid
05 October 2021 | News
... Sajid Javid has said there will be no change to the deadline of 11 November for care home staff to be double ... with some of the most vulnerable people in our country and if you cannot be bothered to go and get vaccinated, then get out and go and get another job. ...
Look Up petition succeeds as TFL backs campaign
17 July 2018 | News
... highlighted Corry Shaw's #LookUp campaign on our website and social media. Read Metro article The campaign was a petition asking Transport for London (TfL) to run announcements at every ... Like many other disabled people, Corry has chronic pain and desperately needs to sit down as she travels into work. ...