The radical disabled people’s network DAN has warned the government to expect an imminent return to the kind of high-profile, non-violent, direct action protests last seen in the 1990s. The pledge was made at the launch of the second UK … Continue reading →

Disabled activists have linked the conviction of a man who called his disabled neighbour a “benefit scrounger” to hostile stories and comments that have come from the media and the government. Magistrates used disability hate crime laws to increase the … Continue reading →

Organisers of a conference aimed at addressing disability poverty made it too difficult for disabled people experiencing poverty themselves to attend the event, it has been claimed. The conference was organised by three leading disability organisations, Disability Alliance (DA), RADAR … Continue reading →

A government minister and executives from the company that carries out “fitness for work” tests on disabled people have faced angry criticism from campaigners at a national conference on disability poverty. Maria Miller, the minister for disabled people, once again … Continue reading →

A government-backed report is set to make it harder for disabled people to claim out-of-work disability benefits, while potentially delivering another lucrative assessment contract to the private sector. The authors of the report on “sickness absence” admit their proposals would … Continue reading →

A legal loophole is depriving hundreds of thousands of older people who receive care in their own homes of protection under the Human Rights Act, according to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). A report published by the EHRC … Continue reading →

Campaigners have criticised the government for launching a new housing strategy without including any measures aimed at easing the shortage of accessible housing for disabled people. The prime minister, David Cameron, and the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, launched their … Continue reading →

New evidence suggests that an insurance giant that could make huge financial gains from government reform of incapacity benefit played a much larger part in influencing those reforms than it previously admitted. Last month, Unum, the UK’s largest provider of … Continue reading →

The government has finally admitted that large numbers of confidential medical questionnaires – submitted by disabled people as part of their benefit claims – are being opened by Royal Mail staff. Disabled activists first suggested early last month that ESA50 … Continue reading →

A cabinet minister has been heavily criticised after again appearing to encourage national newspapers to run stories attacking disabled benefit claimants. Last week, work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith was criticised by the work and pensions committee for “pandering … Continue reading →