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New figures out today on disabled access reinforce case for rail staff
28 November 2018 | News
Rail union RMT said that shocking new figures issued today on disabled access to Britain’s railways reinforce the case for station and train staff and are a shameful wake-up call for the ... charity Leonard Cheshire . Passengers have also reported problems arranging ramps to get them between a platform and ...
DR UK on Radio 5 Live: Attitudes to disabled people
23 February 2016 | News
Liz Sayce and DR UK ambassador Stephen Brookes were interviewed on Radio 5 Live’s Nicky Campbell programme ... public life. He is working with the Office for Disability Issues and Disability Rights UK in trying to get disabled ...
Disabled People’s Fear Of Repercussions For Being Active – Take Part in the Activity Trap Research Project
10 September 2024 | News
The benefits system and other forms of government and NHS financial help are designed to enable Disabled ...
PIP final phase rollout now July
24 June 2015 | News
Minister for Disabled People, Justin Tomlinson, has issued a ... begin the final phase in July, initially at small volumes and in a limited number of areas. We recognise that this ... 13th July on a small scale with 3,000 claimants chosen at random from postcodes in the North-West and Midlands as ...
Justin Tomlinson replaced by Chloe Smith as Minister for Disabled People
16 September 2021 | News
... first in 2015 under David Cameron, then Theresa May, and now more recently by Boris Johnson in 2019. During his ... to support young people with physical and mental health problems takes place in both Norwich and in Westminster where I raise the issues affecting young Norwich people directly where change ...
A masterclass in the East of England, as well as progress in other areas for I Can Make It.
11 October 2017 | News
... (12 th October) Bethany Young, Champion for I Can Make It in Hertfordshire and Anna Denham our Research and Engagement Officer made a ... Burnham , Mayor of Greater Manchester Combined Authority in early November, so watch this space! A masterclass in the ...
Disabled children face institutional discrimination
07 July 2020 | News
... Committee heard powerful evidence last week on the shocking situation of children with special educational needs and disabilities. During the Coronavirus crisis, the ... respite. Whilst this might have been understandable in the early days of the crisis, it is completely unacceptable for ...
DWP NHS Talking Therapies strategy for pushing people with mental distress and ill-health into paid employment will not work
03 January 2025 | News
A key treatment that ministers have placed at the heart of their strategy for pushing people with mental distress and ill-health into paid work has only a tiny impact on the ... What the ONS research showed – based on analysis of nearly 600,000 people* with “common mental disorders like ...
Living and dying well
03 August 2015 | News
Living and Dying Well is a new online resource which explores ... the complexities surrounding the debate on 'assisted dying' and other end-of-life issues The website contains a number of discussion papers on ...
Universal Credit didn't help Gary into work
16 May 2013 | News
On the 13 May we posted this news item concerning a DWP YouTube video which highlighted a Universal Credit ... DWP now informs us that this was a mistake on their part and that the video was made to hightlight Universal ... last year. Gary says in the video that he was one of the early users of Jobmatch which suggests he was on Jobseeker's ...