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III Challenging Inequalities conference presentations and videos
09 July 2017 | News
III Annual Conference 2017 Challenging Inequalities: developing a global response - 14 June 2017 Key speakers from academia and the third sector discussed concepts around racial, health, social and economic equity, alongside presentations from upcoming ...
DR UK concerns over any funding settlement for health and social care
10 January 2017 | News
Independent living central to health and social care future. ... news today. Much of the focus of discussion has been about issues such as bed blocking. The Independent Living Strategy ...
DR UK writes to DWP Minister to raise concerns about new PIP descriptor activity guidance
07 November 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK has written to DWP Minister Penny Mordaunt to confirm what action will be taken ... person’s ability to carry out specified daily living and mobility activities. They should not be assessed as able ... that HCP reports will not have fully reported disabled problems in terms of safety. Given this, it’s essential ...
Highly unlikely that 69 suicide cases DWP has investigated in the past six years represents the number of cases it could have investigated
06 February 2020 | News
In a shocking briefing published today, the National Audit ... the former MP Frank Field – then the Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee – reported that the DWP had ... do not come to a judgment as to whether benefits-related issues were the cause of the suicide, but instead scrutinise ...
RMT demands Government put accessible and safe railways first and stop colluding with the rail industry
28 July 2019 | News
Ministers have been colluding with the railway industry to ... Only Operated trains, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) said today. The rail union has ... put an end to the drive toward Driver Only Operated trains and to make the railway accessible to all by ensuring that ...
Inaccessible rolling stock still on the rails
27 July 2021 | News
The Government is still issuing dispensation letters to train operating companies ... the past eight years the industry has failed to comply, and despite the clear cut off date, Disabled people have been forced to have to accept a raft of extensions and dispensation requests. This is of great concern and we ...
Govt to continue to fund new oil-fired boilers and boiler replacement
01 August 2018 | News
... Poverty Coalition recently wrote to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Minister Claire ... removal of support for them affect low-income, vulnerable and fuel poor households, especially in rural areas. BEIS ... oil-fired boilers) under the cap to low income, vulnerable and fuel poor households. Without this uplift BEIS ...
Calls for IPSO to introduce rigorous guidance for writing about disability
07 March 2023 | News
DR UK is backing a campaign to ensure that there is proper, rigorous ... guidance for how the media talks about Disabled people and chronic health conditions. The Independent Press ... stand, there is no mechanism for IPSO to raise these issues meaningfully with publications which are signed up to ...
Top Tips for Inclusive Learning webinar event
20 November 2016 | News
Disability Rights UK and University of Greenwich Webinar - 11:00 am, 22 November 2016. View presentation ... offered an opportunity to increase awareness on disability issues, identify potential barriers learners can face and ...
Discretionary Housing Payment includes DLA
17 June 2013 | News
Irwin Mitchell challenge local authority's decision to take ... people in the community who struggle to pay their rent and council tax due to their low income. Since the changes to housing benefit and the abolition of council tax benefit on 1 April 2013, ...