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A disabled campaigner has asked a court to rule that a government consultation on plans to tighten eligibility for its new disability benefit was unfair and unlawful. The judicial review has been brought by disabled activist and blogger Stephen Sumpter, while […]
Disabled campaigners have welcomed new NHS plans to extend the number of disabled people with high levels of care and health needs who can control all of their own support. Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said the scheme would […]
Disabled activists held a vigil outside the Royal Courts of Justice this week as legal efforts to force the government to reduce the discriminatory impact of its controversial “fitness for work” test approached their conclusion. The long-running case has been taken […]
The number of disabled-led arts organisations with Arts Council funding is set to plunge by nearly a third. Arts Council England has announced that the number of disabled-led organisations that will be part of its “national portfolio” is to fall from […]
A shadow minister has warned that many of her fellow Labour MPs still need educating about the importance of independent living for disabled people. Kate Green, the shadow minister for disabled people, told a meeting held to launch the Just Fair […]
An exhaustive and “timely” new report has laid bare the coalition’s failure to meet its human rights obligations to disabled people under international law. The report suggests that the UK has gone from being an international leader in disability rights to […]
Four in five disabled students say they are more likely to drop out of university if the government presses ahead with plans to reform the system of disability-related higher education support, according to “shocking” new figures. The poll of disabled students, […]
Who are the disabled people who have the most significant impact on the way we live today? Well over a year after Disability News Service began the process of finding the UK’s most influential disabled people, we are finally ready to […]
Actors, MPs, religious leaders and disabled activists – including organisers of the War On Welfare (WOW) petition – united for a memorial service outside parliament to highlight the human cost of the government’s austerity programme, such as the 10,000 people who died shortly after […]
Who are the disabled people who have the most significant impact on the way we live today? Well over a year after Disability News Service began the process of finding the UK’s most influential disabled people, we are finally ready to […]