The BBC has been criticised by the communications watchdog over a programme in which presenter Jeremy Clarkson made offensive, disablist comments about people with learning difficulties. Clarkson told viewers of the popular BBC2 motoring show Top Gear that the Ferrari … Continue reading →

There is “growing anger” among people with haemophilia at the government’s failure to implement the recommendations of an inquiry into the NHS contaminated blood disaster, peers have heard. Lord [Alf] Morris, president of the Haemophilia Society, was speaking at the … Continue reading →

Activists have pledged that disabled people will take to the streets to protest at the impact of the government’s programme of spending cuts. The pledge came from campaigners who took part in a protest march in Birmingham during the Conservative … Continue reading →

Hundreds of thousands of disabled people are set to lose their out-of-work disability benefits, as part of new government plans to cut another £7 billion a year from the welfare bill. The announcement by the chancellor, George Osborne, in this … Continue reading →

A disabled people’s organisation has described government plans to remove a benefit that supports inclusion in the community from disabled people in residential care as “really nasty” and “a blow against social inclusion”. George Osborne, the chancellor, announced in this … Continue reading →

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) looks set to face a cut to its budget of at least 40 per cent, according to government figures. The Government Equalities Office (GEO) announced this week – as part of the government’s … Continue reading →

Councils look set to be forced to make further large cuts to their adult social care budgets, despite the government announcing an extra £2 billion a year to protect social care services. Disability organisations said the extra money would be … Continue reading →

Confusion has surrounded possible government plans to extend the use of personal budgets to support for disabled children at school. In documents released as part of this week’s spending review, the Treasury said the government wanted to “significantly extend” the … Continue reading →

The equality watchdog has raised serious concerns about major elements of the coalition government’s benefit reforms. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it was “concerned” about the “quality” of the work capability assessment (WCA), the controversial new test … Continue reading →

The failure of Remploy bosses to stop a senior manager referring to a member of staff by a disablist nickname showed the company’s “total lack of respect” for its disabled employees, according to a senior union official. An employment tribunal … Continue reading →