A pioneering programme backed by £5 million of lottery cash has issued a call for user-led teams across the […]
Two disabled peers have criticised ministers for refusing to collect figures that would demonstrate the impact of a key element […]
A report by peers on the impact of equality legislation on disabled people appears to have secured its first success, […]
The new work and pensions secretary has suggested the government’s pledge to halve the disability employment gap will face lengthy […]
The new work and pensions secretary has sent out mixed signals on whether he wants to make further cuts to […]
Hundreds of disabled people are believed to have fallen victim to a “manipulative” fraudster who posed as a lawyer to […]
  By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 5th May 2016 Scottish police are assessing whether to launch a criminal […]
More than 1,000 venues and an estimated 10,000 people took part in the second annual Disabled Access Day, according to […]
Leaving the European Union (EU) would put at risk significant improvements that have been made to the lives of disabled […]
  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing claims that it is deliberately misleading benefit claimants into thinking […]
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 […]
The government has told the equality watchdog that it plans to slash its budget again, even though the financial year […]
A disability charity is set to scrap a team of disabled staff members dedicated to empowering the residents of its […]
Hundreds of thousands of disabled people are living in destitution, the first piece of research to look at extreme poverty […]
Disabled campaigners are calling for the resignation of the equality watchdog’s disability commissioner, the disabled Tory peer Lord [Chris] Holmes, […]
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 […]
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
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