Action must be taken to prevent discrimination against disabled people who want to become parliamentary candidates, and provide them with financial and practical support, according to a committee of MPs. The historic Speaker’s Conference on Parliamentary Representation was set up to […]
Channel 4 wins TV rights to 2012 Paralympics
Channel 4 has won the exclusive rights to broadcast the London 2012 Paralympic Games in the UK. The broadcaster will offer more than 150 hours of coverage during the 12 days of the Games – the first time there has been […]
New scheme will help businesses with their growing pains
A new scheme will help disabled entrepreneurs expand their businesses, and challenge potential investors to see past negative stereotypes. Enabled4Growth (E4G) hopes to offer free business support to 700 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across London, helping many of them to […]
Minister attacks care reform ‘scaremongers’
Health secretary Andy Burnham has hit out at “scaremongering” campaigns that have attacked the government’s plans to abolish key disability benefits. Burnham made clear that the government would scrap both attendance allowance (AA) and disability living allowance (DLA) for all those […]
Government set to act on scooter safety
The government is set to attempt to improve mobility scooter safety, after new concerns were raised in parliament. Mobility campaigners have backed calls for action, with estimates suggesting as many as 330,000 scooters are now in use. Labour MP Jeff Ennis […]
China faces embassy protest over execution
China is facing further protests over its execution of a British man with bipolar disorder. Protesters appalled at the execution of Akmal Shaikh on 29 December are due to hold a peaceful demonstration outside the Chinese embassy in London on Sunday […]
Police force reviews hate crime policy after family’s five-year ordeal
A Welsh police force is reviewing how it deals with disability hate crime, after a disabled woman complained of a five-year campaign of harassment at the hands of local thugs. Irene Miles a wheelchair-user from Newport, Gwent, revealed in a BBC […]
Government launches ‘urgent review’ of Pathways to Work
The government has admitted that its Pathways to Work programme to help disabled people into work is “less effective” than it first thought, and has launched an urgent review. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said the programme – first […]
Seminars will help disabled people become NHS leaders
Disabled people who would like to take up senior roles within their local NHS are being urged to sign up for a seminar to help them make successful applications. The seminars in Manchester and London are being run by the disability […]
Rights campaigners honoured in new year list
A disability rights campaigner who has spent nearly 40 years promoting the social model of disability is among disabled people recognised in the new year honours list. Social worker David Halpin who receives an MBE, worked with Manchester Coalition of Disabled […]