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DR UK responds to inclusive transport omissions in party manifestos
19 June 2024 | News
Disability Rights UK is disappointed that after considering all of the party manifestos, ... challenges that Disabled people face in using trains, buses and taxis. Following the election of the new UK Government, ... the case for wholesale improvements across public transport and will write to the next Minster for Transport lining out ...
DR UK says the PM must stop scapegoating Disabled people for a failing economy
19 April 2024 | News
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today delivered a scathing attack on so-called ‘sick note culture’ and that a life on benefits had become a "lifestyle choice" ... by gullible GP’s. In reality, the rise in mental health problems is all too real. There are over 1.9 million people ...
Disability charities urge the Government to get a grip on PIP in new report
18 September 2017 | News
... shows the stressful assessment process for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is making people's conditions ... the findings of a survey of over 1,700 disabled people and people with long-term conditions who have made a PIP ... support this. Disability Rights UK is a member of the DBC and contributed to the report. The DBC recommends the ...
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment: second independent review
29 March 2017 | News
The Department for Work and Pensions appointed Paul Gray CB to undertake the two reviews Personal ... mean it hasn't tackled some of the most fundamental problems with PIP; and some of its conclusions may not ...
Bereaved families write second letter to Secretary of State to demand public inquiry into benefit related deaths
24 October 2021 | News
In July 2021, five families who lost loved ones in cases ... wrote to the Secretary of State , Thérèse Coffey to demand a public inquiry into deaths and serious harm linked to the benefits system. Three months ...
Links to organisations giving advice on benefits, care and debt
10 October 2022 | Resource
advice northern ireland (formerly association of independent advice centres) Northern Irish site with ... benefitsandwork.co.uk Has guides on benefits, law and work issues but you have to pay a subscription to get hold of ...
DR UK, Disability Forum England and DBC respond to Health and Disability Green Paper
13 October 2021 | News
DR UK has responded to the DWP’s Shaping Future Support: The Health and Disability Green Paper. Published in July 2021, Shaping ... the options for addressing some “short-to medium-term issues in health and disability benefits”. It also aims to ...
Government to cut Rochdale housing association's £1m funding after Awaab Ishak's death
28 November 2022 | News
... from a respiratory condition caused by exposure to mould in his home. Awaab Ishak's father repeatedly raised the ... Coroner Joanne Kearsley said RBH were not "proactive" and asked: "How in the UK in 2020 does a two-year-old child ... Awaab's family said RBH needed to "stop being racist" and provide fair treatment to people moving to the UK. ...
Care and Support Alliance on new care criteria
23 October 2014 | News
New care overhaul leaves 300k older and disabled people struggling to live on their own Care & Support Alliance Press ... in England responsible for care, government figures show nearly 90% now offer care only to those with the highest ...
Access to Work: Call to members
14 April 2015 | News
Disability Rights UK is calling on all members to demand expansion of Access to Work Disability Rights UK has ... to Long-term Unemployment - or Access to Work? , notes that problems with Access to Work are actually stopping people ... will commit to our demands it will raise the profile of the issues in all political parties. We have also sent it to ...