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Three disabled peers have asked a panel of senior civil servants why the government appears to have failed to enforce the Equality Act since it became law five years ago. The peers were questioning civil servants from the Office for Disability […]
A disabled campaigner who is battling to protect the rights of wheelchair-users to travel on buses has won permission for his appeal to be heard by the Supreme Court. Doug Paulley (pictured) has been told by the court that it will hear […]
A month-long season of BBC films examining the lives of young disabled people will feature issues such as parenting, hate crime, relationships, and the qualities required of personal assistants. BBC Three’s Defying The Label season will begin on Monday 20 July […]
The government has been told by Labour to “get a grip” on the mess caused by the closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF). Labour and the Liberal Democrats both spoke out today (Thursday) on the ILF closure in statements to […]
The proportion of disabled people living in poverty rose sharply in the fourth year of the coalition government, according to official figures. Disabled campaigners say the rise was an inevitable consequence of a string of cuts to disabled people’s support under […]
The government has admitted that it has given local authorities only a “rough” idea how much money it will hand them to cope with the closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF), even though the scheme shut for good this week. […]
Ministers are considering plans to slash benefit payments to hundreds of thousands of disabled people, by scrapping a key part of the main out-of-work disability benefit, employment and support allowance (ESA), according to the BBC. The BBC reports that a leaked […]
The minister for disabled people has risked ridicule after announcing that Swansea has become the country’s first “Disability Confident City”, despite being unable to explain why it was chosen. The announcement was timed to coincide with a Disability Confident conference that […]
Individual stories of disabled people who have been affected by the chaotic closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) are continuing to emerge. The ILF closed on Tuesday this week (30 June), and was marked by a protest outside Downing Street, […]
An NHS trust and a homelessness charity have failed to dispel concerns that a new centre for mental health services is closely linked to government plans to push people in mental distress off benefits. Scores of protesters marched on a jobcentre […]