Report Makes Policy Suggestions for Persons with Disabilities in UK
Europe, News, April 26 2021
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) Disability Commission has published a new report that makes important recommendations to transform the lives of disabled people ahead of the publication of the UK Government’s Strategy for Disabled People.
Entitled ‘Now is the Time’, the report makes transformative policy suggestions across employment, education, housing, transport, and access to goods and services.
There is a strong push towards the need for raising accessible housing standards and drumming up awareness of the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) and home adaptations, as well as getting more disabled people into work.
Established in 2004, the CSJ is an independent think tank that studies the root causes of Britain’s social problems and addresses them by recommending practical, workable policy interventions. The CSJ’s vision is to give people in the UK who are experiencing the worst multiple disadvantages and injustice every possible opportunity to reach their full potential.
Its latest report comes after the UK Government confirmed in April 2020 that it was working alongside disabled people to develop a National Strategy for Disabled People.
This strategy, the government says, will remove barriers for disabled people to ensure [...]