The Welsh Assembly Government’s (WAG) introduction of a new £50 weekly cap on charges for non-residential care services is a “significant step forward” in the fight to abolish all such charges, say campaigners. In a third of Welsh council areas, … Continue reading →

The government’s decision not to go ahead with key new anti-discrimination laws is another serious attack on disability rights, say campaigners. The chancellor, George Osborne, announced in his budget speech that the government would not be introducing the “costly” dual … Continue reading →

The government must make major changes across three key areas of its disability benefits reforms, campaigners say in a new report. The report by the Disability Benefits Consortium questions crucial aspects of the new employment and support allowance (ESA), reforms … Continue reading →

A shock government move to weaken the rules on how public bodies must promote equality will make it harder for disabled people to challenge their policies and decisions, say campaigners. In a new “policy review paper”, the government says it … Continue reading →

The government has published “radical” plans to reduce the duties and responsibilities of the equality watchdog. In its latest attack on the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), the government said its performance had been “weak” and it had struggled … Continue reading →

Three leading disabled campaigners have told MPs examining the government’s new welfare reform bill of their serious concerns about the impact of the proposed legislation on disabled people’s lives. Mike Adams, chief executive of Essex Coalition of Disabled People, Sue … Continue reading →

Government plans for reforming the special educational needs (SEN) system will give more power to professionals and could lead to a “huge mushrooming” in the number of special schools, a minister has been told. Sarah Teather, the Liberal Democrat children’s … Continue reading →

A disabled man’s hate crime ordeal, which lasted nearly 40 years, has been laid bare by a report into the circumstances that led to his death. The serious case review was set up by Tameside Adult Safeguarding Partnership (TASP) following … Continue reading →

A police force that failed to treat a disabled man’s “years of torment” at the hands of local youths as disability hate crime has been heavily criticised by the police watchdog, and hate crime campaigners. David Askew, who had learning … Continue reading →

Two court cases involving prolonged, violent attacks on disabled people have again exposed problems within the criminal justice system over its treatment of disability hate crime. In one case, a judge refused to treat a case in which four people … Continue reading →