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Legislation passed by parliament this week will give disabled people new rights when travelling by taxis or private hire vehicles, although there are already concerns over how well they will be enforced. The private members’ bill aims to fill gaps in […]
A disabled peer has appealed to disabled people and their organisations to pressure MPs to accept changes to the government’s health and care bill that offer “a better, fairer” system of care charges. Baroness [Jane] Campbell spoke out after she warned […]
Four disabled peers have helped defeat attempts to hijack the government’s health and care bill and use it to secure a change in the law to legalise assisted suicide. The Conservative peer Lord Forsyth, a former secretary of state for Scotland, had proposed […]
A disabled peer has called on disabled people and their organisations to pressure MPs to back proposals on social care charging that could make a real difference to the life chances of younger people who rely on care and support. Baroness […]
Two disabled peers have warned the government that disabled people living in high-rise flats will again be forgotten – five years on from the Grenfell disaster – if its building safety bill fails to make their need for protection explicitly clear. […]
The chances of a bill that aims to legalise assisted suicide being passed by the House of Lords appear to be in the balance after nearly eight hours of debate among peers. The organisation Dignity in Dying, which leads the campaign […]
The prime minister has refused to criticise four Conservative peers who made discriminatory and disablist remarks about disabled peers working in the House of Lords. Boris Johnson’s refusal to speak out came in response to a disabled constituent who wrote to […]
The minister for disabled people appears to be condoning the behaviour of four Conservative peers who aimed discriminatory and disablist comments at disabled members of the House of Lords. The Conservative party has also refused to take any action over the […]
The Conservative party has refused to act after four of its peers delivered an “extremely alarming” and disablist “barrage of attack” on disabled members of the House of Lords. The four Tory peers were all arguing that the Lords should quickly […]
Disabled people and their organisations have reacted to Boris Johnson becoming the new prime minister with alarm and scepticism, but also an appeal for “honest engagement”. Johnson (pictured) has already concerned many opponents – both within his party and among opposition […]