Disabled Access Day sees venue numbers quadruple
More than 1,000 venues and an estimated 10,000 people took part in the second annual Disabled Access Day, according to
Continue readingDisabled Access Day sees venue numbers quadruple
More than 1,000 venues and an estimated 10,000 people took part in the second annual Disabled Access Day, according to
Continue readingDisabled Access Day sees venue numbers quadruple
Leaving the European Union (EU) would put at risk significant improvements that have been made to the lives of disabled
Continue readingDisabled people are ‘stronger and safer’ in EU, say leading academics
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing claims that it is deliberately misleading benefit claimants into thinking
Continue readingDWP ‘is deliberately misleading’ benefit claimants over PIP deadline
Lawyers, campaigners, peers and academics have spoken of how disabled people can find it almost impossible to enforce their rights
The government has appointed a commercial lawyer to chair the equality and human rights watchdog, despite MPs raising serious concerns
Continue reading‘Conflict of interest’ lawyer to chair EHRC, as minister ignores MPs’ concerns
The government has told the equality watchdog that it plans to slash its budget again, even though the financial year
Continue readingGovernment set to slash equality watchdog’s budget… again
A disability charity is set to scrap a team of disabled staff members dedicated to empowering the residents of its
Continue readingLeonard Cheshire set to scrap disabled-only team over budget black hole
Hundreds of thousands of disabled people are living in destitution, the first piece of research to look at extreme poverty
Continue readingHundreds of thousands of disabled people in ‘destitution’, research suggests
Disabled campaigners are calling for the resignation of the equality watchdog’s disability commissioner, the disabled Tory peer Lord [Chris] Holmes,
Continue readingTory peer faces calls to quit as EHRC commissioner over support for WRAG cuts
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has proposed scrapping two benefit regulations that offer vital protection to disabled people
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has drawn up secret plans for sweeping reforms that would make it far
Continue readingRevealed: DWP’s secret, ‘financially devastating’ proposals for benefits appeals
Government claims that welfare reforms are necessary, disregards the inevitable deaths they created, writes researcher Mo Stewart By: Mo Stewart
Report by Mo Stewart: The takeover by the U.S. private medical insurance industry of the UK welfare state … Continue readingMo Stewart: ‘The influence of the private insurance industry on the UK welfare reforms.’