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Cross-party MPs have delivered a powerful attack on the government’s discredited National Disability Strategy (NDS), describing it as “a disability strategy in name only”. A report published yesterday (Wednesday) by the Commons women and equalities committee said the strategy was merely […]
Disabled people who rely on care workers are likely to “feel the sharp end” of the government’s planned changes to the immigration system, campaigners have warned. The new home secretary, James Cleverly, announced the government’s latest “crackdown” on Monday, with plans […]
The current state of accessible transport is “unjust and unacceptable”, and the government’s efforts to offer “equal access for disabled people” by 2030 have “stalled”, according to a major new report. Are We There Yet?, released yesterday (Wednesday) by the disabled […]
A new report has exposed how often neurodivergent people in the criminal justice system fail to receive the reasonable adjustments they need. The report by User Voice, a charity led by ex-offenders, describes the “unedited” experiences of neurodivergent people in prisons, […]
An autistic woman has been left without the workplace support she needs for more than 15 months because of repeated delays and incompetence by the government’s Access to Work scheme. Laura’s* employer, the autism support charity Autistic Nottingham, says it is […]
Disabled refugees and allies have protested outside the Home Office at the “inhuman” treatment that disabled people seeking asylum receive from private sector companies paid to provide their accommodation. The protest called for an end to the “obscene profits” made by […]
Friends and fellow activists have paid tribute to the “mighty”, “formidable” and much-loved Ruth Bashall, who has died at the age of 71. She leaves a commitment to the women’s movement stretching back half a century, and to fighting for the […]
Labour’s shadow minister for disabled people has angered activists after failing to express concern about safeguarding flaws at the heart of the universal credit system, including a suicide linked by a coroner to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Vicky […]
Disabled activists have welcomed an international body’s decision to consider downgrading the status of the UK’s much-criticised and “discriminatory” human rights watchdog. The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), Baroness Falkner, decided to leak the information that its […]
A disabled lorry driver is accusing ministers of hypocrisy after they called for more people on disability benefits to go back to work, while refusing to make simple changes to equality laws that would help him and many others keep their […]