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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to explain why it lied about its use of figures that downplay the economic benefits of the Access to Work (AtW) scheme. Disability News Service (DNS) reported last week that senior civil […]
Business secretary Vince Cable is to consider what action the government can take to boost the number of disabled entrepreneurs. Cable was speaking during a visit to a university laboratory today (26 June) as a guest of Disability Rights UK (DR […]
The entire system of disability benefits and other support should be swept away and replaced with a single funding stream and assessment process, according to a new discussion paper published by a disabled consultant and activist. Simon Stevens said that witnessing […]
The disabled Labour MP and former home secretary David Blunkett has announced that he is to leave parliament at the next election. Blunkett told local party members in a letter that, after 28 years as an MP, it was “by far […]
Britain’s Paralympic squad will prepare for the 2016 Rio Paralympics from a base in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte. The British Paralympic Association (BPA) made the announcement in the city, watched by Prince Harry as part of his South American […]
A government contractor appears to have used “incorrect and potentially misleading” information to win disability assessment contracts worth nearly £400 million, according to a committee of MPs. The public accounts committee used evidence provided by Disability News Service (DNS) to make […]
The government’s implementation of its new disability benefit has been “a fiasco”, according to a hard-hitting report by a committee of MPs. The public accounts committee said the introduction of personal independence payment (PIP) had led to “long and unacceptable” delays, […]
Experts commissioned by the equality watchdog have told Disability News Service (DNS) that it is possible to assess the overall impact of coalition spending cuts on disabled people, despite ministers repeatedly claiming such a project would be impossible. Disabled activists and […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been using figures that downplay the economic benefits of the Access to Work scheme, while pretending to rely on other figures that paint a more positive picture. Disability organisations – and government ministers […]
The government’s “fitness for work” contractor has refused to provide any evidence to back up controversial claims made by three of its executives in an evidence session with MPs. The three Atos executives were giving evidence to a Commons work and […]