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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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Our Voices - letter to Justin Tomlinson re National Disability Strategy
31 January 2021 | News
... Disabled People, Justin Tomlinson, setting out a number of problems with the engagement process for the National Disability Strategy and asking that the launch of the Strategy be postponed, ... its relevance to developing the Strategy and highlights issues which make it unusable and inaccessible to many ...
Our view: Disabled passenger bus rights
10 November 2014 | News
... of Disability Rights UK said; “For decades people using wheelchairs couldn’t even get on the bus – there ... passengers, the wheelchair user is left at the roadside – and may give up again. There is a lot that bus companies can ... designing buses so there is space for wheelchair users and parents with buggies, making clear where the priority ...
5,000 died without benefit entitlements in botched ESA switch
19 January 2020 | News
A government error saw 5,000 chronically ill and disabled people die before they could receive benefits ... to. The error occurred when they were switched over from incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance to ... these errors to be corrected. “To make matters worse, the problems with the employment and support allowance system ...
Calls for flexible non-academic routes into civil service
23 June 2021 | News
... the need for academic qualifications for civil service jobs in most cases. The Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Angela Rayner, said that degrees and A-levels should only be considered where there was a ... “With over a fifth of the population being Disabled, and with many Disabled people facing barriers to education ...
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 ...
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 ...