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Activists say the legal system has failed disabled people again, after a court found ministers acted lawfully during the pandemic when they refused to offer people on legacy benefits the same £20-a-week increase given to those on universal credit. Three Court […]
A report by a cross-party committee of MPs and peers on the government’s plans for mental health reform has been described as “seriously flawed and discriminatory” by a user-led organisation. Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) told the committee last year that the […]
The number of disabled people who have had deductions taken from their benefits because of financial hardship has rocketed in the last year, new government figures have shown. The figures show a 29 per cent rise in the number of homes […]
Contractors likely to be bidding for new five-year contracts to test eligibility for disability benefits are still producing a “shockingly high” number of sub-standard assessment reports, nine years after they first won contracts to carry them out. An audit of assessment […]
The local authority that has been seen for decades as the most inclusive in England has been accused of delivering a “segregated insult” to disabled people, after backing plans for a new special school for autistic pupils in the borough. The […]
A disabled man has been left without the care and support he needs for more than six months because his council is refusing to accept that the cannabis-based medicine he has to pay for privately is a legitimate disability-related expense. Chris […]
The civil servant who leads the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has misled MPs about its failure to implement a plan drawn up to prevent suicides and learn lessons from the deaths of benefit claimants. Peter Schofield, DWP’s permanent secretary, […]
The disabled people’s organisation leading the fight for inclusive education in the UK is building a new coalition of allies and supporters to end segregation and push for mainstream education for all disabled people. The Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE) is […]
Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary has attacked the “totally unacceptable” number of disabled people who return to work after being found not fit for work by the government’s assessment system. In a major policy speech, Jonathan Ashworth (pictured) said that […]
The most senior civil servant in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been told that the continuing failure to sign a legal agreement that would force his department to improve its treatment of disabled claimants is “totally unacceptable”. It […]