Hancock announces ‘seclusion and segregation’ review… after 70 years of concerns
The government has announced a fresh review into prolonged seclusion and long-term segregation of people with learning difficulties and autistic…
‘Chaotic’ universal credit led to disabled man’s death, sister tells UN poverty expert
A UN expert has heard how a man with learning difficulties died a month after attempting to take his own…
DWP’s links with accessible shopping day lead to boycott call
Disabled activists have called for a boycott of the UK’s first accessible shopping day because of its close links with…
DWP’s links with accessible shopping day lead to boycott call
Disabled activists have called for a boycott of the UK’s first accessible shopping day because of its close links with…
Disability inequality is widening and risks becoming ‘entrenched’, says EHRC
Disabled people are becoming increasingly excluded in many areas of their lives and are in danger of becoming “trapped in…
MPs hear of DWP’s ‘unacceptable’ failure to provide accessible papers to shadow minister
Work and pensions ministers have received a humiliating dressing-down from the Commons speaker after their “unacceptable” failure to provide an…
Exhibition chronicles six years of fighting back on austerity and discrimination
A new exhibition is charting how artists have fought back against attacks on disabled people’s rights and financial support over…
Police criticised after failing to treat park bench flour attack as hate crime
A police force has been criticised for failing to treat an attack on a disabled woman – who was spat…
Labour conference: Party forced to reconsider approach to inclusive education
Labour will be forced to think again about its approach to inclusive education, after concerns raised by a prominent disabled…
Labour conference: Party forced to reconsider approach to inclusive education
Labour will be forced to think again about its approach to inclusive education, after concerns raised by a prominent disabled…
Duncan Smith refuses to apologise over ‘exploitative’ comments
The architect of many of the government’s most unpopular and flawed welfare reforms, Iain Duncan Smith, has refused to apologise…
Concerns over industry’s repeated objections to councils’ accessible homes plans
Representatives of the home-building industry are engaged in a countrywide campaign to defeat attempts by councils to ensure more accessible…
Disabled shadow minister calls for government to fund access to all rail stations
A disabled shadow minister has called on the government to do more to improve its “inadequate” record on improving access…
