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Inquiry into supported housing funding reform launched
18 December 2016 | News
The Work and Pensions Committee and the Communities and Local Government Committee launch a joint inquiry into the Government's funding reform for supported housing.
Find out more about the inquiry
Predicting real inclusion in assistive technologies
16 November 2015 | News
... the innovation process, helping us to move away from ‘business as usual’ and identify much needed solutions. ...
Free events for DPOs on social investment
29 March 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK has teamed up with Social Investment Business to offer some free events for Disabled People’s ...
Win Win Alliance forum
22 June 2016 | News
... models towards the standard or wider lessons learned or the business case in relation to communities and health ...
DR UK responds to the Public Accounts Committee Benefit Sanctions inquiry
07 December 2016 | News
The National Audit Office (NAO) are currently undertaking a study to examine whether the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is achieving value for money from its administration of benefit sanctions.
MPs say write off all bedroom tax arrears
20 March 2014 | News
A new report by Parliament’s Scottish Affairs Committee says the Scottish Government’s plans to alleviate the bedroom tax in Scotland via Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) is flawed and inadequate.
DR UK response to access to justice reforms
10 March 2019 | News
Disability Rights UK submission to the Justice Committee inquiry into the access to justice implications of HMCTS of reforms.
MPs say government in denial over state of council finances
05 February 2019 | News
Local authority finances worse despite greater demand for vital services.
Read latest Public Accounts Committee report on Local Government Spending
Overall spending by local authorities on services fell by 19.2% in real terms between 2010-11 and 2016-17. The Government’s response to this is to provide a short-term cash fix.
Online abuse law fails to protect disabled people
21 January 2019 | News
Online abuse and the experience of disabled people.
This new Petitions Committee report shows the high level of abuse that disabled people receive online.
The Petitions Committee decided to investigate online abuse following Katie Price’s online petition which had 221,914 signatures.
Katie Price has a disabled child and both of them gave evidence to the Committee
Supported accommodation housing cap put back to 2019. New funding model announced
14 September 2016 | News
DWP announces that the application of the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates to social rents for supported housing will commence in 2019/20 rather than 2018/19.
Read Damian Green’s the full statement
See press release - New funding model for supported accommodation