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Disabled people will have to wait until next month, and possibly December, to discover the government’s plans for cuts and reforms to their support through the social security system, after this week’s budget offered few new hints. The chancellor, John Healey […]
Disabled people’s organisations have labelled yesterday’s budget as “superficial” and a “miniature sticking plaster” as they wait with concern for the recommendations of two major reviews set to report to the government next month. Measures announced by chancellor John Healey to […]
The employment minister – backed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) – appears to have trashed the government’s long-held position that only “good work” is good for your health, while also calling for “everyone” to have paid jobs. The […]
A member of the steering group reviewing the future of personal independence payment (PIP) has delivered a powerful rebuttal to research – co-written by a fellow member – which called for spending on disability benefits for children to be slashed. There […]
Disabled people have praised a shocking documentary “experiment” that exposes how Nazi ideology is being used to argue the case for cutting spending on disability support. Although some disabled people who watched the Channel 4 documentary were horrified by the programme, […]
There has been another significant and “encouraging” rise in the number of homecare services in England over the last year, according to a report by the care regulator. In its annual State of Care report, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said […]
The UK Covid inquiry is guilty of “a deep disservice” to disabled people neglected in their own homes during the pandemic by failing to examine their experiences in detail in its crucial report on the social care system, say campaigners. On […]
Disabled campaigners say they are “deeply concerned” about the government’s commitment to scrapping care charges, after a minister refused to confirm that Andy Burnham’s pledge of free personal care for older people would also apply to working-age disabled people. There was […]
Three leading social media companies have failed to act over animations that are spreading hate and lies about disabled people who receive benefits at an “alarming” rate. The animations – focusing on recipients of personal independence payment (PIP) – have been […]
The Times has blocked Disability News Service from alerting its readers to research which exposed how previous reforms to out-of-work disability benefits led to hundreds of deaths of disabled people in the early 2010s. Last week, the newspaper launched what it […]