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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 (ESA) was withdrawn.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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Pandemic highlights health inequalities for Learning Disabled People
15 December 2020 | News
A Westminster Hall debate has been held on the impact of Covid-19 ... of people with learning disabilities were preventable, and, in 2017, the Equality and Human Rights Commission found ... in the intervening years. The pandemic has highlighted the issues that many people with learning disabilities face and ...
DR UK welcomes NAO investigation of suicide monitoring of welfare benefit claimants
22 October 2019 | News
The National Audit Office (NAO) is to investigate the Government’s monitoring of suicides among ... amid concerns about links between welfare reforms and declining mental health. The watchdog said it would call ... who had taken their own lives. It comes as DPOs like DR UK and disability charities raise concerns about links between ...
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 ...