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The government is refusing to release documents which could show what measures it is taking – if any – to protect disabled people who rely on medical equipment in their own homes, in the event of power blackouts this winter. Disability […]
A public transport provider breached access laws by refusing to allow a wheelchair-user to board one of its buses, and then lied about its driver’s actions. Accessible transport campaigner Doug Paulley is taking legal action against Stagecoach after he was refused […]
News stories about crimes against disabled people in the mainstream media still too often use disablist language, blame the victim, and portray the disabled person as a “burden”, according to a new report. Inclusion London’s report, Disability, Crime and Hate Crime […]
Labour is facing the real possibility of legal action over years of disability discrimination within the party, after reneging on plans to hold a national conference and set up a national committee of disabled members. The party’s national executive committee (NEC) […]
The new work and pensions secretary has been told it will be an “absolute kick in the teeth” for disabled people if he continues delaying a legal agreement that would force his department to improve its treatment of disabled claimants. The […]
A disabled woman who spent 37 years living in mental health institutions and hostels, including time sleeping in doorways, fears the flawed universal credit system will cause her to be evicted from her flat back onto the streets. It is only […]
The new minister for disabled people has been ridiculed for claiming the government has a record of providing “global leadership on disability inclusion”, six years after it was found guilty of “grave” and “systematic” violations of the UN disability convention. Tom […]
The new disability minister has failed to express any concern over figures showing Access to Work waiting-times have almost doubled, while more than 20,000 people have been waiting over six months for a decision on their disability benefit claims. Tom Pursglove […]
Disabled campaigners have won significant concessions from London’s mayor after they warned that plans to widen the ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) in the capital would discriminate against tens of thousands of disabled Londoners. Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) had warned that the expansion of […]
Public bodies in Greater Manchester refused to commission an independent investigation into the death of a young disabled man, despite their repeated failings contributing to his suicide. The failure to carry out a safeguarding adults review into the suicide of Ker […]