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Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith dismissed an offer from the equality watchdog to help MPs and peers understand the true impact on disabled people and other groups of his new welfare bill. Letters between the Equality and Human Rights […]
The parliamentary group set up to campaign on disability rights nearly 50 years ago is to be chaired for the first time by a non-disabled politician. The all-party parliamentary disability group (APPDG) was set up by Jack (later Lord) Ashley, the […]
The number of disabled people participating regularly in sporting activity has fallen since the London 2012 Paralympic Games, according to official figures. The fall in participation emerged as the government published a consultation document as part of preparations for a new […]
A disabled peer has appealed for more than 10 000 people to put their names to a new campaigning charter, in order to pressure health bosses and politicians into improving England’s much-criticised wheelchair services. Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson posed for pictures outside […]
A disabled peer is to write to broadcasters and sponsors of football’s Premier League to suggest they should withdraw their support if clubs do not do more to improve access for disabled fans. Lord [Chris] Holmes, a retired Paralympian and now […]
MPs have been warned by a prominent activist that legalising assisted suicide would mean that some disabled people would die as a result of “exploitation and abuse”. The user-led organisation Not Dead Yet UK held a lobby of MPs this week […]