The equality watchdog has earned cautious approval for its response to recommendations made by a House of Lords committee that […]
Disabled people’s organisations and grassroots groups are set to call on disabled people across England to provide the evidence they […]
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 government contractor has told a traumatised abuse survivor he must be reassessed for employment and support allowance (ESA), just […]
UN experts have expressed serious concerns about the impact of government austerity on the rights of disabled people and other […]
  While the country is entrenched in the mire of the EU referendum fallout, the Tories have just been slammed […]
Disabled activists have welcomed the decision of doctors to vote strongly against relaxing their union’s position on physician-assisted suicide. The […]
A police force has launched an internal review of its treatment of disabled people, after it was forced to refer […]
  A minister has been urged to resign, after he threatened a traumatised child abuse survivor – who is waiting […]
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 […]
Disabled people have been urged to recognise the importance of the European Union (EU) in maintaining and building on their […]
  Four-fifths of disabled teachers face harassment and discrimination at the hands of head teachers and other senior managers, disabled […]
Appalled activists protested outside a London premiere last night after describing the film as a “disability snuff movie” that suggests […]
A traumatised child abuse victim has branded the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) “shameful” for trying to force him […]
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 26th May 2016 Labour’s shadow chancellor has called for Iain Duncan Smith to […]
While the appropriate offence would be Misconduct in Public Office we would like share with you the following complaint to Northumbria […]
  No civilian has any comprehension of life in British military forces, or the impact of the removal of that […]
Friday 20th May 2016 Addressing the TUC Disabled Worker’s Conference at Transport House in London today Shadow Chancellor of the […]
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