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The Liberal Democrat work and pensions spokesperson has pledged to do more to highlight that spending on social security is stable, so he can challenge right-wing politicians who claim it is spiralling out of control. Steve Darling told Disability News Service […]
A disabled MP has revealed how he twice faced discrimination in less than 24 hours after arriving in Brighton for his party’s annual conference this week. Steve Darling, who is registered blind and has an assistance dog, was failed by the […]
A Commons debate that followed last week’s king’s speech was littered with misleading statements about disabled people’s support, both from the Conservative opposition and the Labour government. Much of the hostile rhetoric on Thursday came from Helen Whately, the Conservative shadow […]
A disabled actor has accused the Motability scheme of putting young disabled people’s freedom at risk and taking away their choice and control by forcing them to sign up to an “offensive” new system that monitors how they drive. The Drive […]
The disability minister has refused to apologise after misleading MPs about concerns over nearly £2 billion in new cuts to disability benefits. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has added to these transparency concerns by itself providing misleading information about […]
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has whipped up hostility towards disabled people by suggesting there is widespread fraud among claimants of personal independence payment (PIP), despite his own work and pensions spokesperson linking similar unfounded attacks to the far right. […]
The Liberal Democrats are set to try to use the government’s new Hillsborough Law to force the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to release secret reports into the deaths of disabled benefit claimants. For years, the department has refused to […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been accused of an “absolutely shameful” cover-up, after refusing to release documents that should show why disabled people across the country have faced cuts to their Access to Work support. Disabled campaigners have […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is “dysfunctional” and needs to be the subject of a major review, according to the disabled MP who speaks for the Liberal Democrats on work and pensions. Steve Darling said his first year as […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to release any information about a secret report into the death of a disabled woman, despite a coroner ruling that its actions had been the “trigger” for her suicide. DWP has even […]