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  • Social workers needed to support with health and wellbeing research

    23 April 2017 | News

    Disability Rights UK has partnered with University of Birmingham and Sport England to develop evidence based guidelines to help social workers to have conversations with disabled people in receipt of social care support (personal budgets and direct payments) about how and where to be physically active and importantly why.

    Our findings

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  • How to cope with disability at work: Guardian live chat

    21 February 2017 | News

    ... projects, employment tribunal litigation, board disputes, business protection actions and sensitive discrimination ...

    News

  • DR UK gives evidence to Financial Exclusion Committee

    12 September 2016 | News

    Financial Exclusion Committee - Oral Evidence Session – Tuesday 13 September

     

    Listen to evidence session

    News

  • Lords says Govt failing duty of care to disabled people

    23 March 2016 | News

    The Equality Act 2010: the impact on disabled people.

    The House of Lords Select Committee on the Equality Act 2010 and Disability investigating the Act's impact on disabled people has concluded that the Government is failing in its duty of care to disabled people.

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  • Contracted out health and disability assessments inquiry

    17 January 2016 | News

    The Public Accounts Committee holds a session on contracted out health and disability assessments on Wednesday 3 February 2016 at 2.30pm.

    Watch Parliament TV: Contracted out health and disability assessments

    News

  • MPs demand better protection for disabled claimants on DLA/PIP who claim DHPs

    11 January 2016 | News

    Work and Pensions Committee's report on the local welfare safety net

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    This report examines local authority provision under the local welfare safety net, defined as:

    News

  • Minister quotes from our 'Into Higher Education 2013'

    18 April 2013 | News

    Children and Families Minister Edward Timpson MP cited Disability Rights UK’s publication in Children and Families Bill debate

    The debate concerned the length of time it takes to go through an assessment which causes delays in putting support in place.

    Children and Families Minister Edward Timpson MP said -

    News

  • Two-thirds of workers with long covid treated unfairly by employers

    28 March 2023 | News

    ... Disabled people in the workplace. Things must change, and businesses must transform not just their views about ...

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  • Responding to change in jobcentres

    18 June 2013 | News

    Public Accounts Committee 5th Report of this Session examines the response to change in jobcentres

    This report examines the current performance of Jobcentres and suggests that their approach will need to change with the introduction of Universal Credit.

    News

  • Personal Budgets: The right social care support

    15 April 2025 | Resource

    The Care Act introduces new functions upon councils to focus on promoting wellbeing and prevention including offering personal budgets, establishing information services, and arranging independent advocacy services.