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PIP, Universal Credit and ESA assessments set to reduce as DWP shares new National Disability Strategy More accessible housing, easier commuting and better job prospects are also set to become reality for millions of disabled people in the UK. 08:22, 29 JUL 2021 The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Get the latest money news from the Daily Record with our weekly newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe We use your sign-up to provide content in ways ...

The lived experience of disabled people during the COVID-19 pandemic Details From July to September 2020, the Cabinet Office Disability Unit commissioned the Policy Lab to conduct ethnographically-led research into the experiences of disabled people during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim was to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of disabled people, to identify problems that could be resolved through policy changes and to make the changes necessary that would lead to positive outcomes...

List of Disability and Access Ambassadors Disability and Access Ambassadors help to ensure businesses are doing all they can to support their disabled customers. From: Details Disability and Access Ambassadors are senior business leaders. They drive improvements in the accessibility and quality of services and facilities in their sector for disabled people, helping to ensure businesses are doing all they can to support disabled customers. The roles are voluntary. They serve for up to 3 year...

UK Disability Survey research report, June 2021 An analysis of responses to the UK Disability Survey 2021, and data tables with responses to all questions. From: Details This report summarises responses to the UK Disability Survey, which were used to inform the National Disability Strategy. This survey was designed as a vehicle for disabled people, carers of disabled people, and members of the general public with an interest in disability, to share their lived experiences and views. This su...

Wednesday July 28, 2021, 12:01 AM A disabled entrance door button (Andrew Matthews/PA) Credit: PA Wire/PA Images The Government has unveiled 100 immediate pledges to improve the lives and opportunities of disabled people in a landmark £1.6 billion strategy that has drawn muted responses from charities. A public awareness campaign to dispel ingrained stereotypes and a taskforce examining the increased costs disabled people face are being promised in the cross-department disability strategy. The...

Share Aligarh: Renowned Sanskrit scholar; former Chairman, Department of Sanskrit and currently the Coordinator of the Disability Unit in the university; Professor Khalid Bin Yusuf Khan passed away yesterday after suffering severe pneumonia and cardiac arrest.   “Prof Khalid was a man of many accomplishments, he was a profound researcher and an inspiring teacher. He eloquently spoke Sanskrit”, said AMU Vice Chancellor, Professor Tariq Mansoor.   He added: “Prof Khalid was a gracious, ge...

March 12, 2021 People are stealing park furniture –  community benches, swings, picnic tables, even grass – prompting the Government to consider installing security cameras to thwart what Minister of Environment and National Beautification Adrian Forde described Wednesday as a disgusting act of pilferage. He condemned what he considers a small group of Barbadians for seeking to destroy the efforts of the ministry’s Clean and Green community project. Tables cemented to the grou...

Apr 1, 2021 Ammar Abdullah and Sufiyan Aftab of STS School and Mehwish of City Girls School won first prizes in Hindi, Urdu, and English speech competitions respectively. Congratulating the winners, Prof Khalid Bin Yousuf Khan (Coordinator) urged people to extend helping hands to the differently-abled students who have the potential to win their rightful place in society. He assured that the Unit will keep organizing such competitions to help differently-abled students explore their literary an...

The Disability Unit is developing a National Strategy for Disabled People. We are launching a public survey to gather views and experiences.

Pivot from fashionable race and gender issues to focus on poverty, says Liz Truss Liz Truss hit out at identity politics and unconscious bias training, saying her policy reset will instead look at geographic disparities 16 December 2020 • 9:30pm Liz Truss, the Women and Equalities minister, will lay out her new proposals on Thursday Credit: Pedja Stanisic/REUTERS The Government has focused too heavily on “fashionable” race, sexuality and gender issues at the expense of poverty and geogra...