Two disabled men have won a high court case that challenged a local authority’s cuts to their support. Isle of Wight Council planned to save £2.5 million a year through a tightening of eligibility for support and increased charges, which campaigners […]
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Couple’s deaths linked to disability benefits struggle
A disabled woman and her husband who have been found dead in their house had spoken publicly of their struggle to obtain the benefits they needed to survive. The bodies of the couple – who have not yet been named by […]
Government ‘pandered to Daily Mail’ over work test stats
MPs have accused the government of “pandering to the Daily Mail” over the issue of incapacity benefit reform, after it published a misleading press release about the results of its “fitness for work” tests. Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith […]
Government ‘acting like dodgy insurance firm’ over ESA time limit
A disabled peer has accused her own government of behaving like a dishonest insurance company over its treatment of hundreds of thousands of people currently claiming out-of-work disability benefits. Baroness [Celia] Thomas, a Liberal Democrat, spoke out as she and other […]
2012 hotel shortage risks global damage to London’s reputation
An investigation by young disabled campaigners has raised new fears of a shortage of accessible hotel rooms when thousands of disabled visitors descend on London for the 2012 Paralympics. The investigation also highlighted flaws in Inclusive London, a website launched this […]
Cathedral theft ends Gloucester’s Resistance
A disabled film-maker’s award-winning video installation about the killing of hundreds of thousands of disabled people in Nazi Germany has had to end its run in Gloucester Cathedral after a vital piece of equipment was stolen. Liz Crow’s Resistance: which way […]
Incapacity benefit reform ‘will cause untold distress’
Reform of incapacity benefits is set to “impoverish vast numbers of households” and “cause untold distress in countless more”, a new research report has warned. The report, by the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research at Sheffield Hallam University, estimates […]
Authorities praised over haircut hate crime sentence
Police, prosecutors and magistrates have won praise for using hate crime legislation to increase the sentence imposed on a hairdresser who shaved an offensive word into the hair of a man with learning difficulties. The man had visited the Jam Cut […]
Low Review given cool reception
A report into one of the most controversial of the government’s planned welfare reforms has been given a cool reception by leading disabled people’s organisations (DPOs). The review of the government’s plans to remove mobility payments from disabled people in council-funded […]
Anger and shock over BBC’s ‘offensive’ welfare documentary
Outraged campaigners have attacked the BBC for screening an “offensive” documentary about the benefits system. Campaigners say that the documentary – presented by the veteran BBC journalist John Humphrys – was “shockingly poor” and little better than “propaganda” for the government’s […]