the country's only news agency specialising in disability issues
6 days ago · A right-wing broadcaster is likely to escape police action despite describing young disabled people on out-of-work benefits as “parasites”, in a case that highlights long-standing concerns about inequality for disabled people in hate crime law. Isabel Oakeshott, international editor for TalkTV ...
Ministers could merge disability benefits and want to cut future ...
6 days ago · Ministers are considering measures to cut rising spending on disability benefits, and the possibility of merging personal independence payment with universal credit, a new government green paper ha…
Half a million set to lose out when DWP scraps ‘fit for work’ test ...
6 days ago · More than half a million disabled people are set to lose out financially through controversial reforms to the disability benefit assessment system, government figures suggest. The Department for Wo…
Fresh DWP fears after Kendall helps launch report that calls for …
Nov 14, 2024 · Comments by new work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall, and her support for a controversial report, suggest she wants to increase pressure on disabled people to move off benefits and into work, while disregarding risks to their health.
Access to Work in crisis as figures show ‘massive’ waiting-list
Nov 14, 2024 · The government’s Access to Work (AtW) scheme is in crisis, with new figures showing the number of disabled people waiting for decisions on their applications has more than quadrupled in a year. By …
House of Commons has many more disabled MPs than previously …
Nov 14, 2024 · “Positive” new figures show there are far more disabled MPs in the House of Commons than previously thought, and possibly as many as 40. Even after the addition of at least three new disabled MPs after July’s general election – Labour’s Dr Marie Tidball and Jen Craft, and Liberal Democrat Steve Darling – it was thought there was still only a handful.
Government must take firmer grip of ‘inconsistent’ wheelchair …
6 days ago · A new report backed by wheelchair-users has called on the government to take a firmer grip of the inconsistent provision of equipment through NHS wheelchair services in England. The report, commissioned by The Wheelchair Alliance*, follows years of concerns about the provision of inadequate ...
New charter calls for ‘bold’ action from government on disability ...
6 days ago · Disabled people’s organisations and allies have joined together to issue a series of demands to the government that they believe would help to end employment discrimination against disabled people.
Seven years on and no progress on disability rights by UK …
Nov 7, 2024 · The UK government has made “no significant progress” in the more than seven years since it was found guilty of “grave and systematic” violations of the UN disability convention, it has been told by human rights experts.
All News Stories – Disability News Service
The most senior civil servant in the Department for Education (DfE) has told MPs that educating disabled pupils in mainstream schools is usually much cheaper and produces “similar or better outcomes” than using special schools.