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The refusal of the Department for Work and Pensions to try to assess the impact on disabled people of all of its welfare reforms has been exposed as a sham after new research was announced by the equality watchdog. The Equality […]
The government’s highly-politicised programme to reassess every disabled person claiming old-style incapacity benefit (IB) has missed its deadline for completion, Disability News Service (DNS) can reveal. The coalition launched the reassessment programme early in 2011 and insisted that it would be […]
The government has quietly slashed spending on a programme to improve access to rail stations by nearly 30 per cent, Disability News Service (DNS) can reveal. Network Rail this week published its new £38 billion plan for “delivering a better railway […]
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been accused of taking an “absolutely disgraceful” and “shocking” position on the inclusion of disabled children in mainstream schools. In a letter to the Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE), the commission suggested it […]
The Equality and Human Rights Commission said that its business plan for 2014-15 was “ambitious, but realistic”, and would help to challenge persistent “unfairness, intolerance, injustice and indignity”. It plans to examine non-natural deaths of adults with mental health conditions who […]
The government’s new disability forum has begun its work with a marathon six-hour meeting, with ministers and civil servants hearing strong messages from campaigners on issues such as independent living, hate crime and segregated services. The Fulfilling Potential Forum will meet […]
The government has dismissed calls by a disabled peer to set up a group of experts to monitor the impact of the closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) on disabled people. Baroness [Jane] Campbell received cross-party backing for her appeal, […]
The government’s “bedroom tax” is causing “severe financial hardship and distress” to disabled people who can do nothing to avoid its impact, according to a committee of MPs. The work and pensions select committee said that the bedroom tax – or […]
Medical aids, party balloons and a “designer asylum” are just some of the inspirations for a series of new works that have been awarded more than £400,000 by the Unlimited disability arts programme. The three-year Unlimited 2013 programme this week announced […]
A bus company has become the first national operator to sign a new charter that aims to ensure services are accessible to blind and partially-sighted passengers. First UK Bus has won praise from RNIB after joining local operators Reading Bus and […]