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DWP Minister says Universal Credit will encourage disabled people into education – but how?
Disability Rights UK blog post, 23 Aug 2017: Minister says Universal Credit designed to encourage disabled people to take up education – but doesn’t explain how Regulations barring most disabled students from getting Universal Credit have been defended by the Government … Continue reading
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Tagged Disability Rights UK, education, Employment and Support Allowance, ESA, Universal credit
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High success rate in ESA sanction challenges
People with ME can be reassured that it is worth challenging Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) sanctions, according to recent statistics. Disability Rights UK blog post, 17 August 2017: High success rate in ESA sanction challenges New DWP statistics show … Continue reading
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Tagged benefits sanctions, Disability Rights UK, Employment and Support Allowance, ESA
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UK government to be questioned by UN about human rights violations, 23 & 24 Aug 2017
Review of the UK Governments’ compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People Last year the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) assessed the UK’s progress in implementing the UN Convention on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Disability Rights UK, Disability Wales, Liz Sayce, UNCRDP, United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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PIP reassessments cause more than half DLA claimants to lose Motability rights
Disability news service blog post, by John pring, 6 July 2017: PIP reassessments cause more than half DLA claimants to lose Motability rights More than half of those disabled people previously eligible for the Motability vehicle scheme have lost that … Continue reading
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Tagged Department of Work and Pensions, Disability news service, Disability Rights UK, DWP, John Pring, motability vehicles, Personal Independence Payment, PIP
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DRUK manifesto for disability rights in a post-EU UK
Disability Rights UK blog post, 26 June 2017: Our Manifesto for disability rights in a post-EU UK Disability Rights UK has produced a manifesto on what the disability rights sector should be seeking from a post-EU UK. Read the manifesto: The … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Disability Rights UK
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Disability Rights UK Brexit manifesto consultation
Disability Rights UK blog post, 21 April 2017: Disability Rights UK Research and Manifesto on Brexit Disability Rights UK has been researching the possible impact of Brexit on disabled people’s rights. This has included looking at UK laws that have … Continue reading
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Changes to PIP should help some Motability users
Disability Rights UK blog post, 21 April 2017: Changes to PIP should help some Motability users The Government has announced that disabled people who are turned down for the enhanced mobility rate of Personal Independence Payment and lease a vehicle … Continue reading
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Tagged Disability Rights UK, enhanced mobility rate, motability vehicles, Personal Independence Payment, PIP
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UK government plans to help people with health conditions & disabilities into work need to improve
The UK Government green paper Work, Health and Disability: Improving Lives set out the government’s proposals on ways to halve the disability employment gap experienced by disabled people and people with long-term health conditions. The consultation closed on 17 Feb 2017. Interested … Continue reading
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Tagged Action for ME, disability employment, Disability news service, Disability Rights UK, Disability Wales, Green paper, Improving lives, South East Londond ME Support Group, Spartacus
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Wheelchair user wins accessible bus travel Supreme court case
BBC News article, 18 January 20: ‘Wheelchair v buggy’: Disabled man wins Supreme Court case A disabled man has won a Supreme Court case after a dispute with a woman with a buggy over wheelchair space on a bus. It … Continue reading
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Tagged accessible transport, BBC news, bus travel, Disability news service, Disability Rights UK, Doug Paulley, wheelchair users
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