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Thank you to all who attended our conference last night and to our fantastic panel of Disabled activists.
📺Missed it? Worry not, you can watch it back here now!
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Thank you to all who attended our conference last night and to our fantastic panel of Disabled activists.
📺Missed it? Worry not, you can watch it back here now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cKm...
DR UK for @opendemocracy.net 👇
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DR UK for @opendemocracy.net 👇
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DR UK's Mikey Erhardt in @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
DR UK's Mikey Erhardt in @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Yet more Government actions that place the burden on Disabled people instead of taking responsibility for an unequal and inaccessible society that the Government has the power to change.
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dr-uks-...
Yet more Government actions that place the burden on Disabled people instead of taking responsibility for an unequal and inaccessible society that the Government has the power to change.
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dr-uks-...
Source👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/governm...
Source👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/governm...
Despite the Government planning to scrap the Work Capability Assessment, they've committed themselves to enforcing more punitive WCA assessments in the mean time.
Even by their own logic, how does this make any sense?
Despite the Government planning to scrap the Work Capability Assessment, they've committed themselves to enforcing more punitive WCA assessments in the mean time.
Even by their own logic, how does this make any sense?
We should be celebrating the end to the two-child benefit cap, but it still feels like just a drop in the ocean when the Government has the power to end all cuts and invest fully in our public services. It's a start, and we need more.
We should be celebrating the end to the two-child benefit cap, but it still feels like just a drop in the ocean when the Government has the power to end all cuts and invest fully in our public services. It's a start, and we need more.
It will save around £300 million.
Latest figures show the DWP has spent over £400 million fighting people on PIP appeals.
Scrap policies that punish Disabled people & stop pretending it's about economic efficiency! #Budget
It will save around £300 million.
Latest figures show the DWP has spent over £400 million fighting people on PIP appeals.
Scrap policies that punish Disabled people & stop pretending it's about economic efficiency! #Budget
Motability scheme has been changed to make it less supportive and more like commercial leasing.
In other words, the right-wing politicians and media say jump, the Labour Government says how high?
Motability scheme has been changed to make it less supportive and more like commercial leasing.
In other words, the right-wing politicians and media say jump, the Labour Government says how high?
As part of the ongoing Covid-19 Inquiry, we criticised the Government’s pandemic financial measures for failing to redistribute to those most in need, and for even “actively excluding” Disabled people altogether in some cases.
Press release👇
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As part of the ongoing Covid-19 Inquiry, we criticised the Government’s pandemic financial measures for failing to redistribute to those most in need, and for even “actively excluding” Disabled people altogether in some cases.
Press release👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/covid-i...
UK Covid-19 Inquiry report has just been released - it details the damning failure to protect Disabled people as “too little, too late”, mentioning government's “remarkable” failure to anticipate and plan an effective response
More👇
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UK Covid-19 Inquiry report has just been released - it details the damning failure to protect Disabled people as “too little, too late”, mentioning government's “remarkable” failure to anticipate and plan an effective response
More👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/uk-covi...
Disability Rights UK have written to the Chancellor before the upcoming budget, urging for an end to cuts and immediate investment in our public services.
Read the full letter below 👇
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Disability Rights UK have written to the Chancellor before the upcoming budget, urging for an end to cuts and immediate investment in our public services.
Read the full letter below 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disabil...
Tomorrow, the Covid-19 Inquiry will release a report on the decision-making and political governance during the pandemic. This will be of keen interest to the DPOs who took part in the inquiry as core participants
Full press release 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/uk-covi...
Tomorrow, the Covid-19 Inquiry will release a report on the decision-making and political governance during the pandemic. This will be of keen interest to the DPOs who took part in the inquiry as core participants
Full press release 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/uk-covi...
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⏰For a limited time only, get 20% off our Handbook with discount code: WINTER20
This is our 50th Handbook edition - we have spent half a century helping you make a successful claim!
Discount here👇
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⏰For a limited time only, get 20% off our Handbook with discount code: WINTER20
This is our 50th Handbook edition - we have spent half a century helping you make a successful claim!
Discount here👇
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🛠️Make it Together, a pilot project we've been leading on, used your input to co-produce a Toolkit to help local creative groups make their spaces more accessible.
Save the date! More info⬇️ www.disabilityrightsuk.org/make-it-toge...
🛠️Make it Together, a pilot project we've been leading on, used your input to co-produce a Toolkit to help local creative groups make their spaces more accessible.
Save the date! More info⬇️ www.disabilityrightsuk.org/make-it-toge...
📅November 20th
⏰6:30 - 8pm
💻Online
With speakers from across the disability activism sphere - take a look and sign up 👇https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ukdhm-2025-launch-live-tickets-1964996628813?aff=oddtdtcreator
📅November 20th
⏰6:30 - 8pm
💻Online
With speakers from across the disability activism sphere - take a look and sign up 👇https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ukdhm-2025-launch-live-tickets-1964996628813?aff=oddtdtcreator
"Once [Assisted Suicide] becomes a medical treatment, then that’s when it terrifies me, because it happens behind closed doors and is based on medical subjectivity"
More from @johnpring.bsky.social 👇
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"Once [Assisted Suicide] becomes a medical treatment, then that’s when it terrifies me, because it happens behind closed doors and is based on medical subjectivity"
More from @johnpring.bsky.social 👇
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/health-and-c...
DR UK campaign Mikey quoted in @theipaper.com today 👇
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
DR UK campaign Mikey quoted in @theipaper.com today 👇
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
We support the signals the two-child benefit cap may be scrapped - and why stop there?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
We support the signals the two-child benefit cap may be scrapped - and why stop there?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Tomorrow, the Joint Committee on Human Rights will take evidence on the implications of the Assisted Dying Bill. No DPO has been invited to give evidence.
SIGN our open letter (DM us or reply under this post)👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dpo-ope...
Tomorrow, the Joint Committee on Human Rights will take evidence on the implications of the Assisted Dying Bill. No DPO has been invited to give evidence.
SIGN our open letter (DM us or reply under this post)👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dpo-ope...
Join Unite Community to protest the benefit sanctions that are pushing people further into poverty.
📅Wednesday 26th November
🕛12 noon
📍Parliament - College Green, London, SW1
More info👇 www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/...
Join Unite Community to protest the benefit sanctions that are pushing people further into poverty.
📅Wednesday 26th November
🕛12 noon
📍Parliament - College Green, London, SW1
More info👇 www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/...
Disabled Students Still Face Major Barriers in Higher Education, Report Finds
"This report calls for a move away from reactive patchwork solutions towards a whole-institution approach where accessibility and inclusion are built-in, not bolted on"
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disable...
Disabled Students Still Face Major Barriers in Higher Education, Report Finds
"This report calls for a move away from reactive patchwork solutions towards a whole-institution approach where accessibility and inclusion are built-in, not bolted on"
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disable...
Covid Inquiry Learns That Flawed Systems Led to Unjust Harms for Disabled Children
"What happened during Covid-19 to children and young people was unjust, largely inevitable under the current systems and yet there is no plan for reform"
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/covid-i...
Covid Inquiry Learns That Flawed Systems Led to Unjust Harms for Disabled Children
"What happened during Covid-19 to children and young people was unjust, largely inevitable under the current systems and yet there is no plan for reform"
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/covid-i...