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International Day of Disabled people – Fighting for our rights in a post Covid world
02 December 2021 | News
International Day of Disabled people – Fighting for our ... As I write this, on 2 nd December 2021 it seems a little early to be talking about a post-Covid world. Yet again the ... that the measures taken are too weak or too onerous and will or won’t be followed. But there will come a day ...
MP demands better into work support for disabled people
28 October 2013 | News
Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston argues for individualised support with employment for people with mental health problems and less coercion. In this Guardian article Sarah Wollaston ...
High success rate in ESA sanction challenges
16 August 2017 | News
... statistics show that many ESA sanctions are reversed following review and challenge. For the period from 3 December 2012 to 31 ... in no sanction being applied; there were a total of 2,597 mandatory reconsiderations of which 1,493 (57%) resulted in ...
OECD: Reducing inequality boosts economic growth
10 December 2014 | News
Trends in income inequality and its impact on economic growth A new ... “Countries that promote equal opportunity for all from an early age are those that will grow and prosper.” In Italy, ...
Disability Rights UK submission to the Taylor Review
16 May 2017 | News
... impairment, about 12 million people in the UK. Our policy and development manager Philip Connolly also provides the ... and supported MPs and peers to examine many of the issues connected to the Taylor inquiry - in respect of ... unemployed people being only individuals with individual problems rather than members of a community with the ...
Disabled mum takes her own life after actions of DWP and Capita ‘magnified’ anxiety
05 June 2023 | News
... mother who took her own life had been left with stress and “debilitating anxiety” by the actions of the Department for Work and ... to her taking her own life, and highlighted 28 separate “problems” with the administration of the PIP system. ...
HCPC to investigate bogus DWP psychometric tests
19 June 2013 | News
The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), is investigating a complaint against the DWP, for using ... have been raised about the validation of these tests and their actual worth in helping jobseekers. Disability ...
Vacancy for Chair of The Pensions Ombudsman
08 November 2024 | News
... (NDPB) sponsored by the DWP. The Pensions Ombudsman is an independent statutory Commissioner appointed by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. The Ombudsman can investigate complaints of ... in the first instance the organisation will try to resolve issues and disputes informally. The TPO Board was ...
DR UK CEO Kamran Malick's Global Summit Speech
23 July 2018 | News
... for Global Disability Summit plenary session on Dignity and Respect for All: creating new norms, tackling stigma and ensuring ... alliances beyond the disability movement is vital on issues like social care & tackling poverty. This is not just ...
DR UK CEO in the Disability Power 100 list
17 October 2018 | News
... are very pleased to see that our own CEO Kamran Mallick is included in the the list. Kamran said: “I want disabled young people to dream big and to have the support from society to make those dreams ... who will be jointly presenting our Jack Ashley lecture early in 2019. See the full Disability Power 100 list DR UK ...