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Press complaint to the Independent Press Standards Organisation by Disability Rights UK
06 June 2023 | News
A DR UK response to the Daily Telegraph's appalling story on “Exactly how much of your salary bankrolls ... the welfare state” Disability Rights UK was shocked and disturbed by the narrative driving the Telegraph’s ... The Joseph Rowntree Foundation also found in their early 2023 report that “Disabled people face a higher risk ...
Half of people in poverty are disabled or live with a disabled person
10 August 2016 | News
... new report commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds that almost half of people in poverty in the UK are ... person. The New Policy Institute report - Disability and Poverty - says that disabled people are more likely than ... to be disadvantaged in multiple aspects of life: these are problems in of themselves and also contributing factors to ...
Environment Secretary urged to involve Disabled people in tackling climate change
15 August 2024 | News
... to Steve Reed, secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to ask that Disabled people’s voices ... energy by 2030, no new coal licences – a ban on fracking and a new windfall tax on oil and gas giants. With Ed ... acknowledged that very little work had been done to explore issues on resilience-building for people with disabilities, ...
MPs call for complete ESA redesign
22 July 2014 | News
The flaws in the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) system are so ... (WCA) by appointing a new contractor will not solve the problems, says the Work and Pensions Committee in a report ...
90% of Low-Income Families on Universal Credit Going Without Essentials
05 July 2024 | News
... Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has published the latest in its “cost of living tracker" series. The JRF explores ... 3 key themes: going without essentials, being in arrears and taking on debt, and struggling to cope through the crisis to date, ...
Ethnic inequalities in mental health
09 January 2014 | News
As you know, there is an over-representation of some black and minority ethnic groups at the ‘hard end’ of the mental ... and Mind , who have a long history of focussing on these issues, have come together as a partnership. Their aim is to ...
Strategic partner updates November 2015
28 October 2015 | News
Health and Social Care update from our work as Strategic Partner ... UK. The study responds to the widespread concerns about the problems faced by disabled people, in many different areas ... guide practitioners and service users on mental health issues. The first is as booklet entitled LGB&T People and ...
Into Apprenticeships, Traineeships, and Supported Internships seminar report
14 February 2018 | News
Disability Rights UK Into Apprenticeships, Traineeships and Supported Internships ... for London , 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA Date and time: 10:00 am- 16:30 pm, 6 February 2018 This event was ...
We applaud Bristol Councils ILF vote
16 September 2014 | News
... delighted that councillors at Bristol City Council debated and passed a motion on the transfer of the ILF to local authorities at their full council meeting yesterday Sue Bott, Director of Policy and Development ... the Fund closes at the end of June 2015, and to do this as early as possible in order to reduce the anxiety already ...
New Bill:Disclosure of disabled employee numbers
11 March 2015 | News
Debbie Abrahams, Labour MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, has introduced a 10 minute rule bill calling for all employers ... users and speech impairment. Those with mental health issues were found to be the most reluctant to be open about ...