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New research by Disability News Service (DNS) shows how the UK government has breached the rights of disabled people in at least 17 different ways during the coronavirus pandemic. From restricting their rights in its emergency Coronavirus Act, to failing to […]
Disabled people’s organisations have demanded an inquiry into the reasons behind the disproportionately high number of deaths of disabled people during the pandemic, following the publication of “shocking” and long-overdue official figures. They have also called on the government to take […]
At least 10 disabled MPs and peers have signed a letter calling on the prime minister to ensure that the government improves its support for disabled people in its response to the coronavirus pandemic. The letter, sent to Boris Johnson by […]
The UK and Welsh governments have been able to give only the vaguest of promises on how they are tackling the risk that hundreds of thousands of disabled people could be left unable to secure food and other groceries during the […]
A new disabled people’s organisation (DPO) is hoping to bring together DPOs from across the north of England to provide a strong, collective, regional voice on issues affecting disabled people. Leeds Disabled People’s Organisation (LDPO) was formed in January last year […]
A key document that helped many disabled activists develop their understanding of how they were being oppressed by society more than 40 years ago has been published for the first time. The document, Are We Oppressed?, was compiled in 1974 by […]
The equality watchdog has called on the government to “do something before it’s too late”, after its own research showed UK government reforms will cut the living standards of disabled people with the highest support needs in England by more than […]
The election watchdog has been accused of delivering an “insult to disabled people”, after it admitted failing to produce easy-read guidance to help self-advocacy organisations avoid breaking new lobbying laws, six months after being asked to do so. Last week, Disability […]
This week’s autumn statement – the last before the general election – demonstrates the government’s “total disregard” for disabled people, say campaigners. George Osborne’s speech to MPs omitted any mention of disabled people, but there was also no mention of disability […]
A national disabled people’s organisation has defended its decision to agree to work with the controversial US company handed a government contract to assess disabled people’s “fitness for work”. Disability Rights UK (DR UK) is set to provide disability equality training […]