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Social security and tax reforms have hit disabled people in Scotland the hardest says EHRC
20 March 2019 | News
The combined impact of tax and social security reforms since 2010 “has hit the poorest households in Scotland hardest”, according to new research from the Equality ...
Work and Pensions Secretary told to urgently increase the financial support paid to unpaid carers
01 July 2020 | News
Carers UK and ninety two other charities, including DR UK, have today written a joint letter to Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey calling for the urgent ...
DR UK letter to Matt Hancock: Yew Tree hospital abuse
05 October 2020 | News
... MP 5th October 2020 Department of Health & Social Care Ministerial Correspondence and Public Enquiries Unit 39 Victoria Street London, SW1H ... to discuss the above proposal and look forward to your early response. Yours Sincerely Kamran Mallick Chief ...
PIP Award Review Backlog Could Take 10 Years to Clear
05 July 2024 | News
... take almost 10 years to work through the backlog of outstanding personal independence payment (PIP) planned award ... “The new Government needs to prioritise giving the DWP clearly needs to take much greater steps to increased capacity ...
£30 week cut to ESA intolerable says Disability Rights UK
16 November 2016 | News
Commenting on the debate around cuts in Employment and Support ... pernicious cut will do anything to help disabled people get and keep jobs - in fact the opposite is true. The Government ...
Liz Sayce at Refocus on Recovery 2014
02 June 2014 | News
The Refocus on Recovery 2014 international conference took place on 2 and 3 June 2014. The conference had four main themes: System ... models, such as recovery houses? On close examination, what problems emerge within the recovery movement? (Critical ...
Update on the Labour Market Status of Disabled People
20 May 2020 | News
... on the labour market status of disabled people , covering April 2013 up to March 2020. This post discusses those statistics, and concludes with some informed speculation on what the ... Young disabled people will face the double whammy of being early career workers during a recession, as well as the ...
DPOs call for reinstatement of infection control measures
15 July 2021 | News
A plethora of organisations, including DR UK, is calling on government to revise new ... the virus.” It continues: “Guidance on meeting family and friends has been updated, with a greater emphasis on ... attend school for their education, wellbeing, mental health and long-term development. Clinically extremely vulnerable ...
Crisis threatens London social care services following Brexit
27 March 2018 | News
... EEA (European Economic Area) workers than any other region in England. Sadiq Khan says that London's social care services ... and the care sector’s recruitment and staff retention problems. Kamran Mallick, chief executive of Disability ...
Digital Content Officer
07 February 2023 | Opportunity
We are looking for a creative, enthusiastic, and collaborative ... work collectively, as well as work on initiative, to solve problems and create an impact for the benefit of disabled ...