Disability rights campaigners say they remain optimistic that changes can still be made to the government’s hugely unpopular welfare reform bill before it becomes law. This week, the Commons committee that was examining the bill in detail finished its deliberations, … Continue reading →

The future of a disabled computer hacker threatened with extradition to the United States remains unclear, despite his case being discussed by Barack Obama and David Cameron during the US president’s state visit. The president told journalists that Gary McKinnon’s … Continue reading →

Union activists have drawn disturbing parallels between the hostility being experienced by disabled benefits claimants and the events that led to the murder of tens of thousands of disabled people in Nazi Germany. Delegates to the TUC’s annual disability conference … Continue reading →

The future of the support that allows disabled people to find and keep work is under serious threat as a result of the financial crisis and government spending cuts, disabled trade unionists have heard. The TUC’s annual disability conference heard … Continue reading →

The Welsh government must join the rest of the UK and draw up its own national strategy for promoting independent living, a parliamentary committee has been told. The joint committee on human rights was hearing evidence from disabled people’s organisations … Continue reading →

Disabled people’s human rights are being breached because of the government’s failure to implement their right to independent living, a committee of MPs and peers has been told. The parliamentary joint committee on human rights was hearing evidence from leading … Continue reading →

A report into how the failings of a police force led to a disabled teenager’s death should act as a “warning” to other public bodies to take action over the targeted harassment of disabled people, say campaigners. The Independent Police … Continue reading →

Government plans to reform the equality watchdog risk turning it into a weak and “nit-picking compliance factory”, its chair has warned. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was responding to a Government Equalities Office (GEO) consultation on plans to … Continue reading →

A government report on how it is implementing the United Nations disability convention fails to include a single mention of how the coalition’s spending cuts and welfare reforms will undermine disabled people’s rights. The draft version of the report – … Continue reading →