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Premier League football clubs are ignoring equality laws by refusing to improve access to their grounds for disabled supporters, say campaigners. The user-led charity Level Playing Field – which promotes good access for sports fans – spoke out after peers criticised […]
The consultant responsible for an independent review of how public bodies dealt with an abuse scandal at a day centre has defended her decision to ignore a string of key issues in her report. Gill Poole’s serious case review for Doncaster […]
A disabled MP has called on ministers to reveal the source of an article that claimed social security claimants in mental distress could soon be forced to undergo talking therapy – or have their benefits removed. The idea was floated by […]
A disabled peer has warned that the latest attempts to legalise assisted suicide will make it almost impossible for disabled and terminally-ill people to have their voices heard in the debate. Baroness [Jane] Campbell said the issue was too complex to […]
Performers and presenters have welcomed plans by the BBC to improve its representation of disabled people, both behind and in front of the camera. The broadcaster said its “ambitious” plans would “radically change representation on air”, and make the BBC a […]
The number of disabled people living in poverty is about one million higher than official figures, according to a new report. The authors of the report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) told the all-party parliamentary group on disability this week […]
The most senior civil servant in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been questioned by MPs about an investigation into alleged fraud by a company paid to find jobs for disabled people. Concerns raised about Seetec in a Disability […]
The prime minister has appointed a new minister for disabled people, just six months after he was forced to resign from his previous ministerial post. Mark Harper, the MP for the Forest of Dean, replaces Mike Penning, who leaves the post […]
The Department of Health (DH) has been asked whether a senior civil servant – later arrested over two separate rape allegations – helped block tougher laws on the sexual abuse of people with learning difficulties in the 1980s. Disability News Service […]
Work and pensions ministers are facing acute embarrassment after losing their main excuse for refusing to assess the overall impact of their welfare cuts and reforms on disabled people. Ministers have repeatedly insisted that such a cumulative impact assessment (CIA) would […]