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New JRF report on poverty
31 July 2016 | News
Counting the cost of UK poverty Download report This Joseph ... of poverty to the Treasury, in terms of reduced revenues and increased benefit payments to people whose earnings ... effects of child poverty costing a further £6 billion and knock-on effects of adult poverty costing at least £2.7 ...
Tanni: On public perceptions of disabled people
26 July 2015 | News
In an interview with BBC Radio Wales, Baroness Tanni ... the Equality Act "We're still a long way from equality and the disability rights movement has struggled so when the ... would mean a really big step forward. "But it hasn't been and we're still kind of lost behind other minority groups." ...
Government to cut ESA by nearly £30 per week?
29 October 2014 | News
The Government is considering drastically cutting Employment and Support Allowance ... were not Government policy. Dame Anne Beg MP, Chair of Work and Pensions Select Committee, says cutting the benefit ... Government to cut ESA by nearly £30 per week? ...
Academy trust to bus disabled children to poorer school
30 May 2016 | News
Dean Trust intends to ‘bus’ disabled children from a ... This will damage the confidence of the children involved and undermine friendships they have built up at their ... way.” The Dean Trust runs schools in Trafford, Cheshire and Liverpool. They have informed parents of children with ...
Disability Rights UK on Korean TV
25 June 2013 | News
MBC Newsdesk interviews Disability Rights UK regarding accessible ... MBC interviewed Disability Rights UK’s Liz Sayce and Banane Nafeh about accessible transport in London. The YouTube video shows Banane using both buses and cabs within London. The news article starts 47 minutes ...
Smart motorways legal challenge
12 July 2020 | News
... from the disabled community as she seeks a judicial review into the safety of smart motorways. Claire Mercer’s husband Jason died in June last year, along with another man, ... 300 miles of smart motorways by 2025. It takes Highways England just under 20 minutes to spot a breakdown on CCTV. There ...
PIP: walking through pain is not walking to an acceptable standard
28 July 2016 | News
... judgment holds that while someone may ‘push through pain’ in order to continue walking this does not mean that they are walking to an “acceptable standard” for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) purposes. ... which the pain meant that walking was to an unacceptable standard. While Judge Markus finds that while the appellant in ...
Disabled people help train bus staff on accessibility
23 February 2016 | News
Our ambassador, Stephen Brookes, highlights success in the integration of disabled people into the process of training drivers and conductors in Blackpool. The transport project has ... group for the project will now be looking at ways of expanding this work in future. Stephen Brookes, is lead on the ...
Traineeships funding reform: Govt response
17 November 2014 | News
Traineeships: funding reform in England consultation This is a joint consultation from the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. They ...
Supporting disabled people through traineeships consultation
21 August 2018 | News
Disability Rights UK has the ambition of producing a short publication on good practice in supporting disabled people on to and through traineeships and are seeking examples of good practice. These examples ...