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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...