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The doctors’ union is facing fresh criticism after refusing to meet MPs and disabled activists to discuss continuing concerns over the government’s “fitness for work” test. The Labour MP John McDonnell had asked the British Medical Association (BMA) to meet MPs […]
A new raft of proposals aim to make it easier for people with learning difficulties, mental health conditions and autism to escape institutional care and live independently in the community. The Liberal Democrat care and support minister Norman Lamb (pictured) said […]
Tens of thousands of disabled children could benefit from a change in the law that now allows under-17s to use more advanced powered wheelchairs, campaigners claim. The amendment to existing highways regulations came into force on Monday (9 March) and increases […]
The government has admitted that more than 30 secret reviews carried out following the deaths of benefit claimants called for improvements in how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) operates locally and nationally. The “appalling” statistic has added to pressure […]
The equality and human rights watchdog has been accused of failing to use a major inquiry to address concerns over the “non-natural” deaths of black men and women with mental health conditions in detention. The campaigning organisation Black Mental Health UK […]
New allegations have emerged about the US multi-national that has secured several major contracts from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), just as it begins to deliver the controversial “fitness for work” test on behalf of the UK government. DWP […]
The new provider of the government’s controversial “fitness for work” tests has faced a humiliating first week in its new job, after it emerged that the company had been forced by disabled activists into buying an embarrassingly-named website. More than 30 […]
Two disabled students have won permission to launch a legal case against the government, over plans to restrict funding for the support and equipment that helps them attend university. They say they have been “ignored” by the government in a consultation […]
Two major cultural institutions in Manchester have been criticised for “designing out disabled people” by removing all of their on-site blue badge parking spaces during multi-million pound renovation programmes. Manchester Central Library and the Whitworth art gallery, part of the University […]
London’s mayor has been forced to defend the decision to change the date of the capital’s annual disability arts festival, and to move it from a Saturday to a Sunday. Some disabled artists fear that the move could damage visitor numbers, […]