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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 ...
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, ...
How disabled people could be affected in the case of a Brexit No Deal
07 April 2019 | News
... has published a series of papers on how the UK will cope in the event of a no-deal. Read our Brexit manifesto : The ... of Brexit for disability rights: Influencing future debate and policy Find out more about Brexit and Human Rights Key ... if there’s no Brexit deal Quality and safety of organs, tissues and cells if there’s no Brexit deal These are ...
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 ...
APPG for Disability reflects over the past year of progress on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
10 December 2018 | News
On Monday 3rd December, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the APPG for ... for Parliamentarians to celebrate the disability sector and the work that has been done over the past year. ... still so much to do. Disabled people still regularly face problems with the accessibility of public transport – you ...
Our Manifesto for disability rights in a post-EU UK
25 June 2017 | News
... on what the disability rights sector should be seeking from a post-EU UK. Read our manifesto Leaving the EU: Disabled People’s Services debate Brexit and Human Rights Draft Withdrawal Agreement: 7 sites you ... more influential in public and policy debate on these issues. The hope is that it will stimulate engagement, ...
Govt says Welfare Reform and Work Bill compatible with European Convention on Human Rights
08 September 2015 | News
The DWP has sent a Memorandum to the Joint Committee on Human Rights about the Welfare Reform and ... The purpose of this memorandum is to analyse the issues arising from the Welfare Reform and Work Bill (“the ...
Prime Minister opens door for discussion between APPG on disability and the DWP Minister
25 January 2017 | News
Prime Minister Theresa May replies to PMQ from Dr Lisa Cameron, ... View film clip Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) (SNP) Q15. As chair of the all-party ... place people with disability at the heart of policy and ensure that her Ministers engage with the APPG and its ...
A special thank you to those who filled in our UNCRPD survey
23 October 2016 | News
Thank you to all of you who filled in the UNCRPD questionnaire. A special thank you to those ... UK government, including the devolved jurisdictions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, is doing at promoting, ... polices that the government has in place to address these issues, the steps it is taking to ensure that they are ...
DWP spent £50,000 trying to stop release of review into Disabled man’s death
03 January 2025 | News
... on lawyers to try to prevent the release of a safeguarding review ordered after a disabled man starved to death in ... obtain the results of a review by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) into its safeguarding procedures. The ... (ESA) was withdrawn. He was suffering severe mental health problems and weighed four-and-a-half stone (30kg) when he ...