A disabled peer is set to introduce a private members’ bill that would ensure disabled people do not have to wait until 2015 for new legal rights around their care and support. The government looks likely to give disabled people new […]
Social care reforms ‘must deliver for disabled people’
The government will need to “deliver real results” for disabled people when it introduces new social care legislation next year, according to a leading disabled figure. The Law Commission’s long-awaited report on the reform of adult social care law in England […]
Big Society debate suggests opportunities and concerns
A disabled social entrepreneur has called on service-users to see the government’s “Big Society” agenda as an opportunity to “make stuff happen”. Mark Brown, editor of the user-led mental health magazine One in Four, told a conference that the Big Society […]
The Hardest Hit march: Anger at government no-show as more than 10,000 march
Disabled people have expressed their anger after no-one from either of the coalition parties was willing to speak to thousands of disabled people who had travelled from across the UK to attend this week’s Hardest Hit rally and march in London. […]
The Hardest Hit march: Legal action could be next on protest agenda
Leading disabled activists have hailed the success of the Hardest Hit protest after thousands of disabled people marched past Parliament to demonstrate against the government’s spending cuts and welfare reforms. Organisers estimate that between 10, 000 and 12,000 people – the […]
The Hardest Hit march: Thousands send coalition message on cuts
Thousands of disabled people have taken part in a march to call on the government to halt its programme of cuts to disability benefits and services and its attacks on equality and disability rights. The Hardest Hit march, which started with […]
Government resists pressure for u-turn on mobility component cut
Opposition MPs have failed in an attempt to force the government to abandon the most controversial element of its disability living allowance (DLA) reforms. The failed bid came from Labour members of the Commons committee set up to examine the government’s […]
Law reform ‘will bring clarity’ to social care
Sweeping reforms to social care laws would provide “clarity” to disabled people about their rights to care and support services, according to the government advice body that has recommended the changes. The Law Commission, which advises the government on law reform, […]
Experts ‘bemused’ by coalition’s threat to cut discrimination payouts
Disability law experts say they are “bemused” by the government’s “disingenuous” announcement that it is considering cutting the compensation paid to disabled people and other victims of discrimination at work. In the coalition’s latest attack on equality legislation the Department for […]
Need for ‘open discussion’ over £3 million fund for DPOs
The government has announced £3 million of new funding to help local disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) improve the way they are run. DPOs will be able to bid for money from the fund from July for projects that will “make a […]