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A Welsh user-led organisation is aiming to become the first in the UK to set up a co-operative that will allow disabled people to pool their support funding and secure greater independence and control over their lives. Disability Wales has won […]
Some of the disabled people who currently use the Independent Living Fund (ILF) could be “adversely affected” by its closure, the minister for disabled people has admitted. But Mike Penning told fellow MPs that he believed passing ILF funding from the […]
A disabled couple who have spent four decades campaigning to persuade the public to be more accepting of difference have both been recognised with OBEs in the Queen’s birthday honours. Penny and Arthur Dean, from Stockport, have been involved with the […]
Two former government advisors have spoken of how they hope their new MBEs will boost their work campaigning for disabled people’s rights. Both Clenton Farquharson and Miro Griffiths are former members of Equality 2025, the government’s now-defunct, high-level network of disabled […]
A disabled entrepreneur recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours is hoping that the honour could help to persuade disabled children that there is an “exciting and thrilling” future ahead of them. Neil Barnfather, who receives an MBE, said it was assumed […]
Disabled activists have responded angrily to controversial claims made in evidence to MPs by three senior executives from the company that carries out the government’s “fitness for work” tests. They are furious that the Atos Healthcare executives were again attempting to […]
Disabled police officers are fighting attempts to force them to accept £3,000 less in basic salary than their non-disabled colleagues. The suggestion came in the final report of the independent review of police pay by Tom Winsor, which was published in […]
The back-to-work support provided to disabled people by the government actually pushes them further away from the job market, new user-led research has concluded. The report, Fulfilling Potential? ESA and the Fate of the Work-Related Activity Group (WRAG), dismantles the claims […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been forced to spend £170,000 paying consultants to help clear up the mess caused by the chaotic implementation of its new disability benefit. The introduction last year of personal independence payment (PIP) – […]
Disabled people are facing “confusion, anxiety and stress” because of the “misrepresentation” that helped a company to win a £184 million disability assessment contract, according to a Labour MP. The claims have been made by Labour MP Fiona Mactaggart, who has […]