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DR UK strongly condemns DWP refusal to publish its review relating to 69 claimant suicides
05 July 2020 | News
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Thérèse Coffey has refused to publish the outcome of an internal review of investigation processes relating to the ... - which was set up to consider the most serious systemic issues identified by internal process reviews and cases from ...
End of life research results published
10 February 2015 | News
... care in the last three months of life as either outstanding or excellent. Problems experienced by those with a terminal illness ... as they age. If you have you been affected by these issues contact Caroline Weston on ...
DR UK AGM and Conference report 2016
07 November 2016 | News
Disability Rights UK AGM and Conference on Equal participation for all – together ... for our conference on Equal Participation for All: Working Together for Real Change on 7 th November – plus over ... with dementia and also people living with mental health issues often have to live with people they don’t choose, ...
MPs say credible care plan must be in place by end of 2018
08 May 2018 | News
The adult social care workforce in England. Following on from yesterday’s Resolution Foundation report on the problems of long term funding of social care, this Public ...
Bedroom tax judgments both a significant victory and disappointing defeat
08 November 2016 | News
... Court judgments represent both a significant victory and a disappointing defeat. Read a full summary of the judgments Supreme ... tax legislation is even stronger.” To get help with the issues covered in these cases see our factsheet F15 - find ...
Second appeal application lodged for new Jodey Whiting inquest
03 November 2021 | News
... application has been lodged by the mother of Jodey Whiting, who is fighting for a second inquest into her ... Jodey was housebound with pneumonia, had been in hospital, and had found out that she had a cyst on the brain. The ... appeal seeks to overturn the decision by the High Court , handed down on 17 September 2021, that the new evidence that ...
Ensuring access to justice for vulnerable people will be at the heart of the Government's Court and Tribunal digital reform programme
02 October 2019 | News
... Education Foundation (TLEF) has published a report, setting out a blueprint for evaluating the impact of the Government’s £1 billion online courts programme, and for ensuring the needs of all court users. The HMCTS seven-year courts and tribunals reform programme , launched in September 2016, ...
Disabled consumers being failed by shoddy customer service, Which? warns
06 December 2023 | News
New Which? research reveals that Disabled consumers are being failed by poor customer service, as the consumer champion calls on firms to do better. During the pandemic, customer service standards dropped as firms were forced to close call centres ...
I Can Make It has a busy yet productive Wednesday in Bristol
14 September 2017 | News
On Wednesday the 13 of September, our Policy and Development Manager Philip Connolly and our Research and Engagement Officer Anna Denham went to three meetings with both new and key partners in Bristol. The first ...
New year message from our CEO Liz Sayce
04 January 2016 | News
... in 2016 I want to reflect on what we have achieved so far and ‘where next?’ In 2015 I was proud that DR UK spoke ... reverse this harsh proposal We also spoke out on the major problems with benefit sanctions , and the lack of evidence ... 1.3 million people in the last year - on benefits, student issues, independent living – as well as more detailed ...