After positive signs at the first party conference from the new UK government, all eyes are on the Autumn Budget […]
More than 9 million people in the UK experience levels of poverty and hunger so extreme they are vulnerable to […]
Comments by Labour’s work and pensions secretary have confirmed that “farcical” and “prejudicial” plans for a new fraud bill – […]
Research suppressed by the last government exposed how the “degrading” personal independence payment (PIP) system and its dishonest and unfair […]
A minister is refusing to release three documents that link the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) with the deaths […]
The equality watchdog was first told by a senior member of staff six years ago that it needed to launch […]
Keir Starmer last week announced a fraud, error and debt bill to make banks share data on account holders that […]
The family of a vulnerable woman whose dead body lay in her social housing flat unnoticed for more than three […]
The last Conservative minister for disabled people has dodged questions on whether her government failed to address flaws in the […]
The government has refused to clarify comments by the prime minister which suggested that all claimants of long-term sickness benefits […]
A massive thank you to Martin Rowson, yet again, for his support in championing the cause of protecting long-term sick […]
A disabled rising star in the Liberal Democrats has spoken of their plans to ensure their party does more to […]
Campaigners have criticised the Labour government’s “hugely disappointing” and “exclusionary” decision to set up a board of experts to examine […]
Disabled activists say Labour’s plans to means-test winter fuel payments will leave many current recipients having to decide “whether to […]
The House of Commons has met its promise to distribute hundreds of copies of a book about Department for Work […]
A disabled people’s organisation is hoping its new disability justice project will draw support from across the country and create […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted that it failed to appoint a chief medical adviser for more […]
Infamous Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) outsourcing company Maximus will be attending the Labour Party’s 2024 conference. Not only […]
Disabled activists and allies used negotiation and peaceful direct action to ensure that hundreds of copies of a book about […]
An enormous thank you to all who have supported the campaign to “Tell Labour MPs the human cost of benefit […]
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