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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 ...
Train companies to reduce ‘tannoy spam’
26 January 2022 | News
The Government has announced that it is reviewing and removing so-called ‘tannoy spam’ – train announcements that add unnecessary noise and disruption to journeys. DR UK Rail Policy Adviser ...
Wheelchair-user forced to climb stairs for driving test
05 October 2020 | News
... to pull himself up three flights of stairs to take his driving theory test, an experience which the BBC reports left him feeling “very disappointed and angry” and "completely left out". Sam Law, who had a ... exam." DR UK’s Head of Policy Fazilet Hadi said: “Clearly the DVSA does not make reasonable adjustments for ...
Two-thirds of workplace adjustments 'turned down'
18 November 2019 | News
... faced barriers which could be removed with adjustments, and two-thirds have had some or all of their requests for ... to help them do their jobs turned down. Those are the damning findings of a new report shedding light on life in the ... disability leave (which is distinct from paid sick leave) and only 8% had been allowed disability leave as a ...