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Labour has re-affirmed its commitment to making time for MPs to “have a final say” on whether assisted suicide should be legalised, just as disabled activists were protesting about the idea outside parliament. MPs were discussing a parliamentary petition set up […]
Police are still being used as part of “punitive, exclusionary and discriminatory” NHS schemes in England that criminalise mental distress, an 18-month investigation has found. The Criminalising Distress report calls for an end to all such practices and the immediate removal […]
The UK government has made “no significant progress” in the more than seven years since it was found guilty of “grave and systematic” violations of the UN disability convention, it has been told by human rights experts. In a report published […]
Disabled people’s organisations have welcomed the “damning verdict” of a UN committee on the government’s track record on key disability rights over the last seven years. They spoke out last night (Wednesday) as the UN committee on the rights of disabled […]
The prime minister has been accused of whipping up hostility towards disabled people, and demonising and scapegoating claimants of disability benefits, with a new series of “chilling” reforms that will weaken the social security safety net. Rishi Sunak announced plans for […]
Disabled activists have pledged to use direct action protests to “put a stake through the heart” of the idea that disabled people can be used as scapegoats and “whipping boys” in the run-up to general elections. At an emergency meeting of […]
Shocked disabled campaigners have questioned why the disability charity Scope has partnered with a “scaremongering” national newspaper notorious for its hostile coverage of disabled people and other marginalised groups. The Daily Express is the official partner for Scope’s second Disability Equality […]
The government’s advisers on accessible transport have been fiercely criticised for a half-hearted and “meaningless” response to the government’s planned rail reforms. In response to a call for evidence on the draft rail reform bill, the government’s independent advisers on accessible […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) appears to have destroyed all written records that would have shown why it weakened guidance on when to investigate suicides of benefit claimants. DWP previously said it had no documents about the decision that […]
A new report has shown how black disabled pupils in mainstream schools are exposed to “systemic and structural barriers and injustice”. It calls for disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) and racial justice movements to work together to amplify the voices of black […]