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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has made no attempt to contact three whistle-blowers who revealed that a specialist jobs programme provider was failing to carry out vital checks on the criminal records of its own staff. Seetec is paid […]
Campaigners have called for a minister to resign, after a judge concluded she decided to close the Independent Living Fund (ILF) despite knowing the “very real adverse consequences” it would have on many disabled people with high support needs. Last week, […]
One of the five Independent Living Fund-users who defeated the government in the court of appeal last week has called for a face-to-face meeting with the new minister for disabled people. Stuart Bracking said he wants Mike Penning to understand how […]
MPs have heard how disabled people across the country have had their lives devastated by the government’s “bedroom tax”. Labour chose the bedroom tax as the subject of its latest opposition day debate, and many MPs used the cases of disabled […]
Five disabled writers have won the chance to work with three of the UK’s best-known theatre venues. The writers have been selected by the disabled-led theatre company Graeae to create full-length plays, working over a year with the National Theatre Studio, […]
A committee of MPs has launched an inquiry into whether the UK government should do more to focus on including disabled people in its international development work. The decision of the Commons international development committee to hold an inquiry into disability […]
A new website aims to help deaf people find electricians, plumbers and decorators who are able to communicate with them. The DeafProSussex website has been launched by the Deaf Cultural Outreach Group (DeafCOG), a deaf-led social enterprise that supports users of […]
Users of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) have described their joy and relief on hearing a court rule that the government’s decision to close the fund was unlawful. The unanimous decision to quash the closure, by three court of appeal judges […]
The former minister for disabled people has refused to say whether she will resign from her new post in the same department, after her decision to close the Independent Living Fund was overturned in the court of appeal. Campaigners waiting in […]
A ruling by three appeal court judges that the government’s decision to close the Independent Living Fund (ILF) was unlawful is a huge boost to the disabled people’s movement, say activists. Three court of appeal judges unanimously upheld the appeal, which […]