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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 ...
MPs warn courts system could hamper Renters Reform Bill
09 February 2023 | News
... still appears sidelined, MPs on the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities commons select Committee published a new ... rented sector in England as the source of many other problems in that area. They said the only way to solve it ... new regulations which tackle the ongoing affordability issues across all tenures." MPs warn courts system could ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
UK Violations of International Disability Treaty Slammed by DDPOs
29 August 2023 | News
On Monday 28 August Deaf and Disabled people’s organisations (DDPOs) from across the UK descended on the UN building in Geneva to give evidence on the state of Disabled ... disproportionate impacts of Covid-19 on Disabled people. Nearly six out of every 10 people who died with coronavirus ...
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 ...
Violence against Disabled women and girls increasing on transport
20 August 2024 | News
... the British Transport Police show the number of crimes against women and girls has risen to 11,357 in 2024 from 7,561 in 2021. ... more likely to be experienced if you experience misogyny, and are Disabled. Disabled women and girls are at even more ...
Take part in important research and get a £40 voucher
11 June 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK is recruiting disabled people to take part in a special project. This is an important piece of research and engagement that we are performing in conjunction with ... recruit individuals to attend an appointment at our offices and sit with an interviewer for (approximately) an hour and ...