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PM care home comments 'attempt to shift blame'
06 July 2020 | News
The Prime Minister has caused a storm of protest by claiming that care ... Head of Policy said: "These comments are at best ill-judged and at worst an attempt to shift blame. For those vital early weeks in late March and early April, care homes were ...
Benefit cuts affect disabled people's independence
07 April 2013 | News
PRESS RELEASE: REDUCING BENEFIT ENTITLEMENT TO A MILLION DISABLED PEOPLE WILL ... people will have no disability benefit entitlement at all and 510,000 disabled people will have a reduced award.[ 1 ] ... Rights UK will continue to raise these and other important issues affecting hundreds of thousands of disabled people ...
Meet Charlotte, DR UK's Latest Marathon Runner!
04 September 2024 | News
We are delighted to introduce Charlotte, who will be running the 2025 London Marathon and using the opportunity to fundraise for our work at ... story, including the arrival of a baby less than a year ago and having to defer her 2023 Marathon plans because of ...
Funding Postgraduate Education for Disabled Students
04 March 2024 | Resource
Contents Introduction Choosing and applying for a postgraduate course ... so choosing the right course is essential. As well as the issues faced by all postgraduates, you may also need to ...
DR UK submits evidence to review of carers allowance
13 March 2025 | News
Last year, Government announced a review to look at why and how unpaid carers, in receipt of carers allowance, were hit with demands to pay ... in overpayments to DWP. Government figures suggest that nearly 100,000 unpaid carers across the UK are still repaying ...
Scrapping £20 week UC uplift slams the door in the face of six million
08 July 2021 | News
The Minister for Work and Pensions Thérèse Coffey has announced ... benefits at the lowest level in real terms for 30 years and push 500,000 people below the poverty line, said: “I ... more likely to be facing financial difficulty, with nearly half of Disabled people in poverty. Ken Butler DR ...
Welfare Cuts and Access to Work Consultation: Join our DPO Response circles
24 April 2025 | Event
... Rights UK’s Response to the 2025 Welfare Cuts!We’re inviting Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) and Intersectional DPOs to take part in a series of ... reforms.These 90-minute Zoom sessions will explore key issues including changes to PIP, cuts to Universal Credit, ...
Public Reject Benefit Cuts and Believe They Will Increase Pressure on NHS, New Polling Finds
26 June 2025 | News
New polling, undertaken by More in Common in collaboration with Disability Rights UK and Get Yourself Active, finds that only 27% of the public ... they would be less active upon losing their payments. Nearly half of benefits recipients (45%) expect to be less ...
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 ...
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 ...