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Fresh evidence has emerged of delays and cuts to care packages as local authorities prepare for the closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF). The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has admitted to Disability News Service (DNS) that […]
Disabled activists are to hold a protest about a new government scheme that will see mental health therapists installed in a south London jobcentre. Members of the Mental Health Resistance Network (MHRN) are also furious that a new “Living Well Hub”, […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has ignored a deadline imposed by the information watchdog, as part of its investigation into DWP’s refusal to publish secret reviews into 49 benefit-related deaths. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) launched the investigation in March, following […]
Conservative MPs have been accused of “horribly cynical, shabby” behaviour after sending out identical “template” letters explaining why they would not back a community inclusion bill named after a young disabled man who drowned in an NHS unit. Campaigners had approached […]
A new Lords committee is to investigate the impact on disabled people of the Equality Act since it became law five years ago. The committee has been set up on the prompting of the disabled Liberal Democrat peer Baroness [Celia] Thomas. […]
Three of the four candidates for the Labour leadership have distanced themselves from continuing efforts by politicians and sections of the media to whip up hostility towards disabled benefit claimants. In a televised BBC2 debate among the four candidates, Yvette Cooper […]
A disabled campaigner has described how he was “knocked for six” after learning that he had been recognised with an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours. Shaun Webster becomes one of a select group of people with learning difficulties who have […]
The BBC has announced the name of the new executive who will lead for the broadcaster on disability, as part of its plan to “set the pace” on diversity in the media industry. The appointment of Alison Walsh (pictured) as disability […]
The closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) appears to be in chaos this week, with many ILF-users yet to be told how much support they will be entitled to, just weeks before the fund shuts for good. Disability News Service […]
Delivery of the government’s new disability benefit appears to have been plunged back into crisis, after reception staff were sent scripts telling them how to explain to benefit claimants why their appointments have been cancelled. Disabled people across the country are […]