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Transport ministers look set to drop two more rail access improvement schemes, only days after admitting they had slashed spending on their main programme by nearly 30 per cent. Campaigners described the cuts as a “kick in the teeth” for disabled […]
The government’s strategy for delivering its personalisation agenda is “undermining” the quality of care and support provided to disabled and older people, leading academics, consultants and campaigners have warned. They have written this week to social services directors and other leaders […]
The government has launched an independent review of its new disability benefit, the day after MPs heard fresh evidence of delays and misery caused by failures in the system. The Labour MP Susan Elan Jones, who had secured a debate on […]
Local authorities have failed to put policies in place to combat disability hate crime, more than two years after the publication of a major report by the equality watchdog, according to new user-led research. The research was carried out by members […]
The refusal of the Department for Work and Pensions to try to assess the impact on disabled people of all of its welfare reforms has been exposed as a sham after new research was announced by the equality watchdog. The Equality […]
The government’s highly-politicised programme to reassess every disabled person claiming old-style incapacity benefit (IB) has missed its deadline for completion, Disability News Service (DNS) can reveal. The coalition launched the reassessment programme early in 2011 and insisted that it would be […]
The government has quietly slashed spending on a programme to improve access to rail stations by nearly 30 per cent, Disability News Service (DNS) can reveal. Network Rail this week published its new £38 billion plan for “delivering a better railway […]
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been accused of taking an “absolutely disgraceful” and “shocking” position on the inclusion of disabled children in mainstream schools. In a letter to the Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE), the commission suggested it […]
The Equality and Human Rights Commission said that its business plan for 2014-15 was “ambitious, but realistic”, and would help to challenge persistent “unfairness, intolerance, injustice and indignity”. It plans to examine non-natural deaths of adults with mental health conditions who […]
The government’s new disability forum has begun its work with a marathon six-hour meeting, with ministers and civil servants hearing strong messages from campaigners on issues such as independent living, hate crime and segregated services. The Fulfilling Potential Forum will meet […]