The government’s own benefits advice body has delivered stinging criticism of its major reforms to disability living allowance (DLA). The social security advisory committee (SSAC) said the reforms appeared to be driven by the coalition’s wish to cut the number … Continue reading →

Channel 4 is to broadcast live coverage of this year’s BT Paralympic World Cup, after securing the rights at the expense of the BBC. The broadcaster will offer two hours of live coverage on the final day of the event, … Continue reading →

Mobile phone companies should be forced to sign up permanently to a scheme that allows disabled people to send text messages to the emergency services instead of dialling “999”, according to the communications watchdog. A trial of the emergencySMS scheme … Continue reading →

The broadcasting watchdog has upheld a complaint against the BBC for introducing a news report without warning that it contained flashing images that posed a risk to some people with epilepsy. The news item on the BBC News at Ten … Continue reading →

Disabled people and their organisations are hoping to send a critical message to the government with a major protest against its programme of spending cuts and welfare reforms. The day of action on Wednesday 11 May will feature a rally … Continue reading →

Campaigners have welcomed new measures that should make it easier for councils to stop motorists risking the safety of disabled pedestrians by parking on pavements. Vehicles parked on pavements can force wheelchair-users, people with visual impairments and other disabled people … Continue reading →

Government reforms to disability living allowance (DLA) could lead to more than 835,000 disabled people losing an “essential lifeline of support”, according to three leading disability organisations. The Disability Rights Partnership (DRP) – the working title for the proposed merger … Continue reading →

Disabled people are set to play an important part in a protest planned by the TUC against the government’s public spending cuts. Disabled people will be at the front of next month’s march – which will start at London’s Victoria … Continue reading →

Government plans to reform disability living allowance (DLA) are “obscene” and represent the “death of aspiration and hope” for disabled people, according to the UK’s leading representative voice of disabled people’s organisations. The UK Disabled People’s Council (UKDPC) has told … Continue reading →

A government minister has written to the president of the Philippines to ask for the release of a thalidomide survivor who has served 18 years in prison for drug smuggling. Liberal Democrat Foreign Office minister Jeremy Browne has asked Benigno … Continue reading →