Campaigners are calling for people to boycott workfare users this week after  a long court battle to get those taking […]
    John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 28 July 2016 The parents of a disabled man who took his […]
Organisations that represent disabled people from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities face blatant and widespread discrimination at the hands […]
The government is facing calls for a “fundamental rethink” of its approach to Access to Work (AtW), after new figures […]
One of Britain’s biggest stars from the London 2012 Paralympics has said she is “scared” that she will lose her […]
Disabled activists say they are “deeply concerned” by the “troubling” decision to appoint an outspoken supporter of legalising assisted suicide […]
One of the two prospective candidates to challenge UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has been accused over his record […]
The right of the PLP are faced with an impossible conundrum. On the one hand, many of them believe that […]
      A trio of experts have destroyed government claims that cutting out-of-work benefits for disabled people will help […]
Three disabled activists who took the government to court in an unsuccessful bid to stop the closure of the Independent […]
The minister for disabled people has admitted to complete ignorance about the model that lies at the heart of his […]
  The new work and pensions secretary scrapped the disability and employment white paper prepared by his predecessor Iain Duncan […]
A government contractor has told a traumatised abuse survivor he must be reassessed for employment and support allowance (ESA), just […]
  While the country is entrenched in the mire of the EU referendum fallout, the Tories have just been slammed […]
          Only about seven in 10 disabled people who were previously claiming disability living allowance (DLA) […]
  A minister has been urged to resign, after he threatened a traumatised child abuse survivor – who is waiting […]
Official figures suggest that a new appeal stage introduced for unsuccessful claimants has been little more than a delaying tactic […]
Ministers are delaying the release of nine secret reviews into the deaths of benefit claimants, even though civil servants apparently […]
Most mental health service-users are still deeply divided about identifying with the social model of disability, but still favour moving […]
  Providing support from their peers is an effective way of boosting disabled people’s job prospects, and should be used […]
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