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A young disabled woman took her own life nine months after submitting an application for a disability benefit, which was finally awarded just hours after she died, an inquiry by a committee of MPs has been told. The Commons work and […]
More than 20 disability and welfare rights organisations and charities have told MPs that a new legal duty must be introduced to force the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to safeguard the wellbeing of “vulnerable” claimants of benefits. Every non-government […]
Disabled people’s organisations have dismissed the government’s new Disability Action Plan as a series of “empty promises” that fail to address the “dire situation” disabled people are facing. The plan, and its 32 “practical actions”, was launched by disability minister Mims […]
MPs have been told that the provision of accessible housing in England is “at breaking point”, partly because of their own failure to act to end the crisis. Members of the cross-party levelling up, housing and communities committee were hearing evidence […]
Disabled campaigners and allies have called on the government to act urgently to fix the “broken” system of accessible housing in England, after years of delays. They have told a committee of cross-party MPs in written evidence that it is impossible […]
The Scottish government failed to deliver on the rights of disabled people during the pandemic, even though it wanted to do so, two national disabled people’s organisations have told the UK Covid inquiry. Inclusion Scotland and Disability Rights UK (DR UK) […]
New powers that would allow the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to “snoop” on the bank accounts of benefit claimants would treat disabled people like criminals and further destroy trust, say campaigners. They spoke out this week against measures in […]
The government must ensure that accessibility information is included on a new online “portal” that will offer key facts about properties being rented privately by landlords, say two disabled people’s organisations. The government plans to set up the new privately rented […]
The proportion of families with disabled children who are living in poverty rose by nearly a third in two years, even before the cost-of-living crisis, according to a new poverty measurement being developed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). […]
The government has decided not to draw up any plans to protect disabled people who rely on life-saving medical equipment in their own homes in the event of a power cut, after more than a year of delays and excuses. The […]