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WCA People’s Review
18 December 2013 | News
... Review of the Work Capability Assessment (November 2012) and the second People’s Review of the WCA – Further ... 2013) are written from the lived experience of sick and disabled people. They include press reports of the suffering, even deaths, of ...
Building a National Voice of Disabled People 2013
11 November 2013 | News
Annual General Meeting and Conference 2013 Date: Thursday 31 October 2013 ... Our second Conference considered how we can build a strong and loud national voice of disabled people. Given the ...
Benefits system unfair to EU citizens
29 May 2013 | News
The European Commission has decided to refer the United Kingdom to the EU's Court of Justice because it is in breach ... residence' test to EU nationals who reside in the UK and claim social security benefits. Instead, the UK applies ... the commission "every step of the way". The right to reside and habitual residence tests are used throughout the ...
DWP monitoring all bedroom tax appeals
04 November 2013 | News
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has asked all local authorities to notify ... the spare room subsidy (bedroom tax) with a view to considering an appeal to the Upper Tribunal. Usually local ... important because tribunals may accept their interpretation and follow them as law. So far all successful appeals, such ...
Don’t think of welfare reform
23 September 2013 | News
In this blog, Neil Crowther discusses how the Government and ... Neil Crowther is an independent expert on equality and human rights with a particular interest in working to ...
Scope report: attitudes to disabled people
07 May 2014 | News
In 2014, disabled people continue to face challenges in many ... Scope has commissioned over the last two years to understand current attitudes towards disability and disabled people. You can download the report at ...
Success of Blackpool disability led projects
02 September 2013 | News
Blackpool is blazing the trail for national best practice in disability-led ... national messages, the achievements of disabled people and their organisations is having a real impact on the community. Welfare reform and benefit cuts are causing some real fears but balanced ...
You know why - it’s now time to think about how
03 August 2015 | News
Why the launch of the project was not just about having a nice lunch and telling people WE’RE HERE, it’s about our next steps ... read my latest blog on the launch of Get Yourself Active and the partnerships we have built so far. The Get Yourself ...
RFU decision to cost disabled fans £150,000
08 February 2015 | News
... has decided to charge wheelchair users £41 to see England play Rugby at Twickenham This will be the first time since 1910, when the first international match was played ... spectators in wheelchairs will have to pay to watch England in action. Philip Connolly, of Disability Rights UK, ...
The Sun calls Sophie Morgan a ‘wheelchair’
07 March 2023 | News
The Sun has run a full front page splash headline story calling TV presenter Sophie Morgan a wheelchair. ... Attempting to announce that the Loose Women presenter and driving force behind the Rights on Flights campaign had ... I am a PERSON who uses a wheelchair.” DR UK’s Media and Communications Manager Anna Morell said: “The language ...