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The government is facing calls for a “fundamental rethink” of its approach to Access to Work (AtW), after new figures
Continue readingDrop in Access to Work numbers shows DWP ‘is strangling the scheme’
Disabled people’s organisations and grassroots groups are set to call on disabled people across England to provide the evidence they
Continue readingDelayed UN examination of UK government ‘will take place next year’
Disabled activists say they are “deeply concerned” by the “troubling” decision to appoint an outspoken supporter of legalising assisted suicide
Continue readingConcern over Mordaunt’s ‘troubling’ appointment as disability minister
Campaigners have warned disabled people considering a move to Scotland in the wake of the European Union (EU) referendum vote
Continue readingScotland ‘is not an easy option’ for England’s disabled Brexit refugees
A trio of experts have destroyed government claims that cutting out-of-work benefits for disabled people will help
Continue readingDisability employment gap: Experts demolish government excuses for WRAG cut
A disabled-led network set up by the minister for disabled people in 2012 to offer the government advice on the
Continue reading‘Single theme’ decision of government’s Action Alliance ‘feels like a cop-out’
The new work and pensions secretary scrapped the disability and employment white paper prepared by his predecessor Iain Duncan
Continue readingCrabb scrapped IDS’s white paper because he ‘didn’t like the look of it’
A government contractor has told a traumatised abuse survivor he must be reassessed for employment and support allowance (ESA), just
Continue readingDWP piles WCA demand onto ‘humiliated’ abuse survivor
Disabled activists have welcomed the decision of doctors to vote strongly against relaxing their union’s position on physician-assisted suicide. The
Continue readingRelief after doctors maintain strong opposition to assisted suicide
Disabled activists are calling on the UN to take action after elections to the 18-strong committee that oversees the implementation
Continue readingElection leaves UN disability committee with 17 men and just one woman
A minister has been urged to resign, after he threatened a traumatised child abuse survivor – who is waiting
Continue readingTomlinson faces call to resign over PIP harassment of child abuse survivor
Official figures suggest that a new appeal stage introduced for unsuccessful claimants has been little more than a delaying tactic
Continue readingFirst figures on ESA mandatory reconsideration ‘show it is just a delaying tactic’
Appalled activists protested outside a London premiere last night after describing the film as a “disability snuff movie” that suggests
Continue readingActivists protest outside premiere of ‘disability snuff movie’
A disabled parent has accused his local authority of discriminating against him by refusing to take his access needs
Continue readingSchool admissions process ‘discriminates against disabled parents’
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 26th May 2016 Labour’s shadow chancellor has called for Iain Duncan Smith to
Continue readingShadow chancellor backs calls to prosecute Iain Duncan Smith over WCA deaths
The government may have abandoned its target to halve the disability employment gap, according to a leading disabled people’s organisation.
Continue readingCampaigners fear Crabb has abandoned target to halve employment gap
By Patrick Butler and John Pring ‘Peer reviews’ challenge claims by ministers that there is no connection between welfare reform
Continue readingSuicides of benefit claimants reveal DWP flaws, says inquiry
The new chair of the equality watchdog has taken up his new post, despite question-marks over potential conflicts of interest
Continue readingIsaac takes EHRC chair, despite concerns over DWP ‘outsourcing’ work
Disabled campaigners are hoping a new government taskforce will lead to apprenticeships becoming more accessible to disabled people, despite concerns
Continue readingApprenticeship taskforce welcomed, despite concerns over membership
Two disabled peers have criticised ministers for refusing to collect figures that would demonstrate the impact of a key element
Continue readingIt is ‘not value-for-money’ to collect vital PIP stats on 20-metre rule, says DWP