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Disabled people who have taken part voluntarily in a government employment support programme have been more likely to find jobs than claimants who were forced into the scheme, research has found. An updated research report on the programme, carried out on […]
The government has decided not to draw up any plans to protect disabled people who rely on life-saving medical equipment in their own homes in the event of a power cut, after more than a year of delays and excuses. The […]
The government has lost or destroyed a secret report that was set to reveal crucial details about the impact of universal credit on “vulnerable” claimants in its early years. The existence of the report was not known about outside government circles […]
The government has refused to release its assessment of how plans to close nearly 1,000 ticket offices across England would have affected disabled people and other groups protected under the Equality Act, even though those proposals have now been abandoned. The […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to waste thousands of pounds of public money fighting two rulings by the information commissioner that it must release secret reports affecting millions of disabled people. It is the latest example of […]
Legislation that will set up a safety framework to allow the introduction of self-driving vehicles across the UK must not be allowed to create new access barriers, two disabled peers have warned the government. They told the House of Lords this […]
A new Labour party “campaigning bible” is likely to concern disabled activists after the 24-page document failed to mention disability, social care or accessible transport and housing, but mentioned “working people” 18 times. The document (PDF) was sent out to Labour […]
The most senior civil servant in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has told MPs that he hopes DWP’s use of artificial intelligence in detecting fraud among benefit claimants will not lead to a repeat of the Post Office Horizon […]
A “smoking gun” government memo suggests that Network Rail withdrew from a high-profile public inquiry to protect its plans to build more inaccessible footbridges across Britain. In late November, the public body withdrew plans to build an inaccessible bridge at Copmanthorpe, […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been asked to explain why it is rejecting so many requests from its own civil servants to carry out secret reviews into the deaths of benefit claimants. DWP’s top civil servant was questioned […]