BBC criticised over Winter Paralympics TV plans The BBC is facing mounting criticism over its plans to offer no live coverage of the Winter Paralympics on any of its four TV channels. The BBC has boasted that it will offer … Continue reading →

New job statistics provide worrying evidence that disabled people are dropping out of the welfare system after failing the government’s strict new work assessment test. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics show the number of people who say … Continue reading →

A national survey of supermarket carparks appears to provide further proof that fining motorists who misuse accessible parking spaces cuts levels of abuse. But the survey by more than 550 disabled supporters of the Baywatch campaign also found levels of … Continue reading →

Disabled people’s organisations, social care bodies and charities were due to meet today (Friday) for a government conference that aimed to seek a consensus on the future funding of adult social care. The conference was announced by health secretary Andy … Continue reading →

Campaigners in Norfolk are promising a battle over draft plans by a local NHS body to tighten the criteria for allowing disabled people to receive continuing healthcare at home, rather than in a nursing home. The NHS Norfolk policy sets … Continue reading →

A court has ruled that the prison service breached disability and race discrimination laws in its treatment of foreign prisoners in the UK. The High Court ruling came in a case taken by the Equality and Human Rights Commission against … Continue reading →

Campaigners have raised new fears that funding cuts by councils across the country could be leading to reductions in disabled people’s support packages. Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have also criticised local authorities for a lack of openness and transparency. And … Continue reading →

A disability charity has called in its own election “manifesto” for the next government to make social care reform a “priority”. The MS Society became the latest disability organisation to publish a manifesto of policies it would like to see … Continue reading →

A mental health charity has called on the next government to do more to reduce the number of people with mental health conditions in prison. The call came as Rethink laid out the policies it would like to see in … Continue reading →

Delighted campaigners have welcomed proposed new laws that will force many local authorities to allow more wheelchair-accessible taxis onto the streets. The new amendment to the government’s equality bill was proposed by the disabled peer Baroness Wilkins and backed by … Continue reading →