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DR UK responds to the Curriculum and Assessment Review
26 November 2024 | News
Disability Rights UK has responded to the Curriculum and Assessment Review , launched by the Department for ... Review aimed to identify the "most significant and pressing issues facing curriculum and assessment". It included ...
Health and Disability Green Paper published: Shaping Future Support
20 July 2021 | News
The DWP has published its long promised Health and Disability Green Paper titled Shaping Future Support. The DWP says that: “This green paper ... options for addressing some of the short- to medium-term issues in health and disability benefits. It will also start ...
Joint inquiry into Northern Ireland’s welfare policy launched
11 April 2019 | News
The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee and the Work and Pensions Committee have launched joint inquiry to examine the impact of welfare policy in NI, ... is Universal Credit working in Northern Ireland? Are there issues with Universal Credit that are specific to Northern ...
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, ...
SEND education in crisis as Ofsted and Observer highlight provision and budget shortfalls of over £0.5 billion
19 May 2021 | News
Councils in England are facing a funding shortfall for education for children with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) of over £0.5 billion. The research, ...
New organisation makes the voice of people with learning disabilities stronger and louder
13 June 2016 | News
A new organisation to promote the rights and voice of people with learning disabilities in our society launches on June 14 th at ... in the learning disability field. It will campaign on key issues affecting people with learning disabilities, as well ...
Disability Rights UK is pleased to announce that we are working in conjunction with UNITE Magazine
12 February 2018 | News
UNITE magazine will be launching in March! Sign up for your free sample ... awareness of campaigns, highlighting everyday challenges and will give a platform to everyday disabled people to have their voice heard on the issues affecting them. Regular columnists, interviews with ...
DR UK speaks on inclusive education panel
31 May 2023 | News
On Monday 22nd May, the Disability Policy Centre and Mile End Institute hosted a panel at Toynbee Hall on inclusive ... website. A full list of DR UK's education policy issues, including key evidence and our policy asks, can also ...
DRUK AGM agenda and key notes
19 November 2019 | News
AGM Agenda Martin Stevens OBE DRUK Chair will open the AGM, then: Recording of members present and apologies received Minutes of meeting 06/11/18 ... has been taking over everything. Important debates on other issues have been limited. We have lobbied because disabled ...
82 benefit claimants have died after some alleged DWP activity such as termination of benefits, BBC finds
09 May 2021 | News
Cases where Disabled people claiming benefits died or came to serious harm have led to more ... Disabled people who have died - Philippa Day, Errol Graham and Jodey Whiting – are hoping to take the DWP to court in ... Prevention of Future Death (PFD) report to the DWP and private contractor Capita, requiring them to explain ...