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More DLA to PIP transfers from today
02 February 2014 | News
People on DLA, who live in post code areas CA (Carlisle), DL (Darlington), HG (Harrogate), LA (Lancaster) and YO (York) will start to be invited to claim PIP from ...
DR UK becomes London living wage employer
11 February 2016 | News
We are committed to ensuring all our employees, aged 18 and over, including certain classes of contracted staff, are paid at ...
Law change needed to tackle disability pay gap
04 November 2019 | News
Workers’ union UNISON is calling for laws for companies with over 50 people to have to ... the pay gap cuts across all different impairment groups, and how it particularly impacts disabled women. Disabled ... less per hour than non-disabled people, work fewer hours, and to make matters worse, have higher costs-of-living than ...
Leonard Cheshire Disability want to hear from organisations who share their vision
09 February 2017 | News
Leonard Cheshire Disability is a UK based charity with an international reach, dedicated to helping disabled people ... employer of people with underlying health conditions and we recognise that our future people strategy must be ... believes it can help shape our future through the success and lessons learned from your past we would welcome hearing ...
New countryside guidance calls for more access
09 February 2022 | News
New Countryside Code guidance has been released for farmers and land managers. The guidance says that they must ensure their ... with different abilities and needs' – effectively, asking them to replace stiles and kissing gates with accessible ...
Shape our new tech zone
18 November 2019 | News
Are you an innovator? Entrepreneur? Tech guru? Disability Rights UK is part of a team developing an accessible, inclusive space for disabled tech ... tell us what you'd like to see become part of the spec and share your experiences by completing this survey: ...
ILF transfer threatens care packages cut
12 July 2016 | News
The Guardian looks into the effect on the care packages of disabled people, who ... UK research which suggested that only 29 councils in England would ensure this non-ringfenced funding from government ... ILF money would go into a general local authority pot and people would have care packages cut,” says its deputy ...
Victoria Derbyshire wants participants for state of the NHS show
01 February 2017 | News
The Victoria Derbyshire Programme will be hosting a special programme on the state of the NHS Next Monday ... news programme – broadcasting weekday mornings on BBC2 and BBC NEWS television. For this discussion we would like a mix of patients, doctors, GPs, nurses, consultants and other NHS workers to share their views on the NHS. We ...
Victory towards fire evacuation plans for Disabled People
10 March 2021 | News
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommended that disabled people have Personal ... on later this year. In the meantime, the British Standards Institute produced fire safety guidance saying that ... There is considerable legislation regulating housing and it is inconceivable that escape at the time of fire for ...
Right to ask for personal health budgets
02 April 2014 | News
... to ask’ for a personal health budget. The scheme is being rolled out across the country after the budgets were trialled in a national pilot programme between 2009 and 2012 at sites all over the country. They give people ... like counselling. For more information see http://www.england.nhs.uk/2014/04/01/right-to-ask/ For more about personal ...