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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 ...
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 ...
6 Tips to create an inclusive gym
21 December 2022 | Resource
This guide, created with Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living gives simple advice for gyms and leisure centres to create inclusive environments for ... What stops us taking part? According to Sport England , Disabled people are twice as likely to be physically ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Intelligence and Data Analyst Development Programmes (I&DADP)
02 February 2023 | News
MI5 is part of the UK’s Intelligence Services. They safeguard Britain’s people, interests and businesses from threats including cyber-attacks, espionage, terrorism, and organised crime. To succeed in their mission, they rely ...
Departmental ministers to ‘champion’ disability inclusion and accessibility
05 December 2024 | News
Disability minister Sir Stephen Timms has announced that there will be ... Government department to “champion disability inclusion and accessibility” Sir Stephen said that the move aims to ... leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future”. The awareness day was debated in ...
Strict DWP Work Conditionality Ineffective And Often Harmful
08 August 2024 | News
Increasingly strict and prescriptive conditionality - the ... on work-related benefits - is driving perverse outcomes and is not aligned with how the public think people should ...
Read transcript of groundbreaking Disabled People and Economic Growth debate
22 February 2018 | News
DR UK has helped secure the first backbench Commons debate, in the main chamber of parliament, on Disabled People and Economic Growth - Thursday February 22nd 2018. Our ... of the debate Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) (SNP) put the following question, which was ...