Tributes have been paid across the disability movement to Lord [Jack] Ashley, the UK’s first deaf MP and a hugely committed campaigner for disability rights for more than 40 years, who died on Friday (20 April). Many spoke of his fearsome […]
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True impact of DLA cuts ‘could wipe out planned savings’
The knock-on effects of the government’s huge cuts to spending on disability living allowance (DLA) could wipe out every penny of the savings it is hoping for, according to a new report. The Disability Rights UK (DR UK) report, Impact Assessing […]
Sports bosses must improve on inclusion, says minister
Sports governing bodies must do much more to encourage disabled people to play sport regularly, according to the cabinet minister responsible for the London 2012 Paralympics. Jeremy Hunt, the Conservative secretary of state for culture, Olympics, media and sport, told a […]
Cuts protest brings traffic chaos to central London
Disabled activists have again brought traffic chaos to central London by chaining their wheelchairs across busy pedestrian crossings in protest at government cuts and welfare reforms. The focus of the two-hour protest in Trafalgar Square was on the demand for the […]
UKDPC shrugs off trustee resignations
Four disabled activists have resigned from the board of the UK’s leading disabled people’s organisation following a disagreement over its future direction. The trustees who resigned from the UK Disabled People’s Council’s (UKDPC) national council – Mark Harrison Anne Novis, Tara […]
Websites suffer in comparison with decent access standards
Leading price comparison websites are ignoring their legal obligations to make their sites accessible to disabled people, according to a new report. The disability charity AbilityNet, which analysed the accessibility of five sites for its report said disabled people should be […]
Banks must do more on access, says charity
A disability charity is calling on the banking industry to do more to make its services accessible to blind and partially-sighted people. RNIB issued the call as it published a new guide offering advice to the financial industry on how to […]
Government forces legal aid cuts back into bill
Coalition MPs have overturned changes to government legislation that would have made it easier for many disabled people to apply for legal aid. They backed a government amendment to the legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill, which reinstated plans […]
New PIP consultation adds fuel to concerns
A new consultation on disability living allowance (DLA) reform has added fuel to concerns that the government is ignoring the likely impact of the changes on disabled people’s lives, say campaigners. Disability Rights UK (DR UK) spoke out after the Department […]
Government’s immigration decision will ‘marginalise disabled people’
The government has been heavily criticised for its decision not to accept the part of the UN disability convention that protects disabled immigrants. The UK Disabled People’s Council (UKDPC) spoke out after immigration minister Damian Green announced that the government would […]