Disabled campaigners fighting to ward off the threat of legalised assisted suicide have been forced to launch a fundraising appeal to try to counteract the huge financial resources of their opponents. Not Dead Yet UK – the campaigning network of disabled […]
Disability charities evade questions over support for assisted suicide
Organisations providing services to disabled people – including disability charities and a hospice – have evaded questions about their links with a commission that has called for assisted suicide to be legalised. The Commission on Assisted Dying concluded last week that […]
Responsible Reform: Frustration after media snubs ground-breaking report
Disabled activists who spent months preparing a hard-hitting report that reveals how the government misled parliament over its disability living allowance (DLA) reforms say they are mystified and frustrated by the media’s failure to cover the story. Despite huge interest in […]
Responsible Reform: Disabled campaigners reveal Boris’s criticism of Tory DLA cuts
London’s Conservative mayor has heavily criticised the government’s planned cuts and reforms to disability living allowance (DLA). Boris Johnson’s opposition to many of the government’s proposals, which are contained in its welfare reform bill, emerged this week thanks to the work […]
Responsible Reform: Government ‘misled parliament’ over DLA
The government misled parliament and the public about the scale of opposition to its reform of disability living allowance (DLA), according to a ground-breaking new report researched, written and funded by disabled people. Responsible Reform is based on the first independent […]
Government gagging clauses ‘are threatening independent voices’
The former head of the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) has warned that the independent voices of disability organisations could be under threat because of gagging clauses attached to government contracts. Sir Bert Massie, who chaired the DRC throughout its seven years, […]
Assisted suicide report is ‘attack on disabled people’
Disabled activists have condemned a new report – funded by pro-euthanasia campaigners – that suggests assisted suicide could and should be legalised in England and Wales. Leading campaigners have described the report, published by The Commission on Assisted Dying, as an […]
Politicians given New Year rebuke over care funding reform
Four leading disabled figures have backed a call for politicians to “seize” the latest opportunity to reform the funding of adult social care. The crossbench peers Baroness [Jane] Campbell and Lord [Colin] Low, and Liz Sayce and Sue Bott from Disability […]
New Year Honours: Awards recognise 2012 trio
Three disabled people who could play significant – but contrasting – roles in this year’s London 2012 Paralympics have been recognised in the New Year Honours. Joyce Cook, chair of Level Playing Field, the user-led charity representing disabled sports fans, receives […]
New Year Honours: Activist pledges to use OBE to fight cuts
A leading disabled activist recognised with an OBE in the New Year Honours is to use the award to campaign against government cuts to disability benefits. Jim Elder-Woodward, convenor of Independent Living in Scotland, a disabled people’s organisation set up to […]