The disabled peer who has led efforts to prevent the legalisation of assisted suicide has been forced to step back from the latest “desperate” fight to fend off a change in the law. Baroness [Jane] Campbell has been campaigning for 12 […]
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MPs set to quiz minister over ‘misleading’ benefit stats
MPs are set to hold a one-off evidence session to question a work and pensions minister about the department’s “misleading” use of benefit statistics. Conservative ministers including work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith and Esther McVey, the minister for disabled […]
Report offers government a ‘clear and affordable’ social care solution
A new report by MPs and peers has called on the government to use its new care bill to provide a social care system that enables disabled people to live “truly independent lives”. The report, Promoting Independence, Preventing Crisis, offers the […]
Duncan Smith could face election contest with disabled activist
The architect of the government’s unpopular welfare reforms could face an attempt to unseat him at the next general election from a leading disabled activist. Julie Jaye Charles, who lives in Iain Duncan Smith’s Chingford and Woodford Green constituency, said she […]
Disabled tenants face ‘real risk’ of eviction but ‘should not panic’
Disabled people across the country are facing a “serious and real risk” of eviction because of the government’s “bedroom tax”, according to lawyers representing 10 disabled people and their families in a key court case. The warning came as the high […]
There is no such thing as safe restraint, campaigners tell Met commission
A campaign group says it is “hugely disappointed” with the conclusions of a commission set up to examine the cases of people with mental health conditions who died after contact with the Metropolitan police. The Independent Commission on Mental Health and […]
UKIP set for ‘radical change’ on disability
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) looks set to jettison some of the discriminatory policies it campaigned on at the last general election, following the appointment of a disabled politician as its new disability spokeswoman. UKIP’s 2010 manifesto included a call to […]
Frida’s sisters ensure UN will examine disabled women’s issues
The particular barriers faced by disabled women have been included for the first time in a crucial report to the United Nations, thanks to the campaigning work of a disabled women’s co-operative. The UK CEDAW Shadow Report – produced by a […]
Colin Brewer: There is a good argument for killing some disabled babies
A councillor who won re-election despite having to apologise for suggesting disabled children should be “put down” to save money has told Disability News Service (DNS) he believes there is a good argument for killing some disabled babies. Colin Brewer apologised […]
Councillor wins election despite ‘shocking’ comments on disabled children
Leading figures from a Cornish town have defended their fellow-residents after they elected a former local councillor who suggested disabled children should be “put down” to save money. Colin Brewer resigned in February as an independent member of Cornwall Council after […]