MPs, transport executives and local government chiefs have been told by people with learning difficulties how accessible transport can transform their lives. More than 100 people with learning difficulties – all service-users supported by the charity the Brandon Trust – had […]
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Concern over DR UK director’s links with insurance investigators
The country’s most influential disabled people’s organisation is facing fresh controversy after it emerged that one of its directors works for a company that carries out secret surveillance on claimants of disability insurance. John Gillman is a non-executive director of Disability […]
McVey bows to ‘safely, reliably’ pressure on PIP regulations
The government has bowed to intense campaigning pressure and agreed to add vital wording to its new personal independence payment (PIP) assessment, and to give the amendment legal force. Today’s change to the PIP regulations, which will be debated next month […]
Sex workers back on the care home agenda, say activists
Campaigners are calling for more awareness of disabled people’s right to a sex life after newspaper reports suggested that staff at care homes across Sussex were “facilitating” the visits of sex workers. The claims were originally made as part of […]
Boycott pledge over amputee charity’s PIP links with Atos and Capita
A leading user-led organisation has sparked a fierce row after it admitted joining “engagement groups” set up by the government contractors Atos Healthcare and Capita as part of the coalition’s disability living allowance (DLA) reforms. Limbless Association was heavily criticised this […]
Minister picks PIP link option for blue badge scheme
The government has decided not to widen automatic entitlement to the disabled person’s blue parking badge when disability living allowance (DLA) is replaced by a new benefit. The decision was announced by the Liberal Democrat transport minister, Norman Baker, as […]
Remploy job figures underline Work Programme’s failure
The government is facing fresh criticism over the failure of its Work Programme to find jobs for unemployed disabled people. In the same week that a BBC documentary suggested the coalition’s programme was failing new government figures appeared to show the […]
College and pioneering inclusion council criticised over ‘segregation’ claims
Campaigners for inclusive education are appalled at the idea that Newham College is pressing ahead with the plans, despite Newham council’s ground-breaking work on inclusion. Reports suggest the college is spending £1 million on the new project, which is being co-funded […]
DR UK’s role in government’s opening ceremony ticket handout was ‘incredibly wrong’
The government has been criticised for asking Disability Rights UK to play a key role in deciding which organisations received free tickets to the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympics. Last week, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) […]