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Disabled campaigners have raised concerns about the “worrying” and “disturbing” decision to give more than one million pounds of public lottery money to the sister charity of the main organisation lobbying for assisted suicide to be legalised. The disabled people’s organisation […]
A new user-led report aims to focus blame for the “national scandal” of the work capability assessment (WCA) away from the government contractor Atos Healthcare and towards the “culture of contempt” that lies at the heart of the test. Assessing the […]
Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs have raised concerns over government plans to “reform” the system of higher education support for disabled students. The disabled Tory MP Paul Maynard was among coalition MPs who questioned the plans to focus disabled students’ allowance […]
London’s annual disability arts festival Liberty will return to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park next month as part of National Paralympic Day. It will be the second time that Liberty’s disabled artists have shared London’s Olympic Park venue with some of […]
The government is to launch a competition for students aimed at finding a cheap but effective way to introduce audio and visual information into every bus in the country. The Liberal Democrat transport minister Baroness Kramer made the announcement at a […]
Disabled activists have criticised the government’s policy of turning up unannounced at the home of social security claimants to check their benefit payments are correct. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) insists that such visits have been government policy for […]
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) across London are building a new partnership that will allow them to bid jointly for funds to deliver their own employment support. The consortium will be able to build on some of the expertise developed by local […]
A government minister has criticised the “intolerable” failure of the NHS and local authorities to remove people with learning difficulties from out-of-area assessment and treatment units and return them to their home areas. The Liberal Democrat care and support minister Norman […]
The Metropolitan police have launched an inquiry into the policing of a five-hour protest outside Westminster Abbey, apparently following allegations that officers prevented disabled activists from receiving food, drink and medication. It is just the latest inquiry to examine how the […]
The dean of Westminster has been heavily criticised after he denied disabled activists permission to protest on ground outside Westminster Abbey, and asked police officers to arrest them if they refused to leave. The campaigners were aiming to set up a […]