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Disabled Activists Deliver Book Exposing Deaths At Hands of DWP To Every Member of Parliament
02 September 2024 | News
... How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid the Evidence exposes how the actions of the ... deaths of hundreds, if not thousands, of Disabled people in the post-2010 austerity years. A crowdfunder set up by ... evidence-based, and relies on documents from the 1990s and early 2000s that have been unearthed from the National ...
DRUK AGM and Conference set for 20 November, London
28 October 2019 | News
DRUK Chief Executive Kamran Mallick invites all members to attend the Disability Rights UK AGM and Conference on Wednesday 20 November at Resource for ... attending the AGM, asking questions and voting on the issues outlined on the AGM agenda. Members have been ...
Top Tips 2 for inclusive learning webinar
16 May 2017 | News
In this webinar, Dr Melanie Thorley, AccessAbility ... will talk about inclusive learning, reasonable adjustments and what support is available to students. View presentation ... offered an opportunity to increase awareness on disability issues, identify potential barriers learners can face and ...
Atos, Capita, and Maximus PIP and WCA assessment contracts increased by up to two years
12 July 2020 | News
The Minister for Disabled People Minister Justin Tomlinson has announced that the DWP’s current contracts for PIP and work capability assessments are to be extended for up to ... The healthcare providers for PIP assessments are Atos and Capita, with Centre for Health and Disability ...
Autumn statement 2016 brings little joy for disabled people
22 November 2016 | News
... cuts this parliament but fails to address proposed ESA cuts and social care crisis. Disability Rights UK is disappointed at the Government’s failure to heed last week’s ... Tax-Free Childcare will be introduced gradually from early 2017, with roll out beginning upon completion of the ...
Most councils will not ringfence ILF resources
06 August 2014 | News
Analysis of FOI (freedom of information) requests to local authorities in England on the transfer of the independent living fund ... of Adult Social Services (ADASS). Disability Rights UK: Issues of Concern Only 10 local authorities are saying that ...
DWP should recruit a large scale panel of disabled people with experience of social security which it can consult and draw from to work on detailed projects, says SSAC
19 January 2021 | News
... Advisory Committee (SSAC) has published a new wide-ranging and detailed report that focuses on how the DWP involves ... it says “have raised some of the most contentious issues”. In establishing how the DWP is viewed by others, ...
Government indecision causes 85 percent drop in homes for older and disabled people
28 August 2017 | News
A survey of 69 housing associations, which together deliver a third of supported and sheltered homes in England, found plans to build new homes for older and disabled ...
Sanctions ineffective as a way of getting people into jobs or to work more hours, finds suppressed DWP report
12 April 2023 | News
In 2019, the DWP commissioned its own internal research on the effectiveness of benefit sanctions and promised to make the findings public. However, it subsequently buried the report and refused requests for it to be released, as the study was ...
02 Strategic partner updates February 2015
24 February 2015 | News
Health and Social Care update from our work as Strategic Partner to ... for people with learning disabilities or mental health issues. For more information, go to: ... independent advocacy (unlike for people with mental health problems under the Mental Health Act), which hinder learning ...