the country's only news agency specialising in disability issues
The minister for disabled people has been branded a coward after dodging a chance to meet disabled activists protesting about his decision to close the Independent Living Fund (ILF). Scores of campaigners, including ILF-users, gathered outside the Department for Work and […]
Activists who have been occupying a mental health service for more than 10 weeks say disabled people could die if the NHS does not reverse the decision to close it. Lifeworks was the last drop-in centre run by the “complex case […]
A committee of MPs is seeking evidence about the Access to Work (AtW) scheme, as part of its investigations into the government’s efforts to support disabled people into work. Dame Anne Begg, the Labour chair of the Commons work and pensions […]
A disabled man with cancer has been forced to wait more than a year for a decision on his claim for the coalition’s new disability benefit, thanks to a “catalogue of incompetence” by the company paid to assess him. Disability News […]
A disabled man with cancer has been forced to wait more than a year for a decision on his claim for the coalition’s new disability benefit, thanks to a “catalogue of incompetence” by the company paid to assess him. Disability News […]
A “heart-breaking” report into how disabled people’s human rights are being breached across England is set to demonstrate to the UN how the coalition is failing to implement its disability convention. The report by the UK Disabled People’s Council (UKDPC) concludes […]
An educational farm run by two disabled people for more than 10 years could be forced to close after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) suddenly removed their Access to Work (AtW) support. Barn Farm educational working farm in Hipley, […]
A disabled peer has accused the lord chancellor of undermining the rule of law, after he introduced new rules that make it harder for disabled people to challenge the government in court. Baroness [Jane] Campbell was one of a string of […]
A disabled peer has secured new human rights protection for hundreds of thousands of disabled and older people across the UK who receive council-funded care, after a government concession. Lord [Colin] Low had been pushing in the House of Lords for […]
The campaign to save the Independent Living Fund (ILF) took centre stage this week as part of the first European Independent Living Day. Events took place in Leicester, Manchester and Chesterfield, and on the internet, as countries across Europe celebrated the […]