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Four disabled peers have helped defeat attempts to hijack the government’s health and care bill and use it to secure a change in the law to legalise assisted suicide. The Conservative peer Lord Forsyth, a former secretary of state for Scotland, had proposed […]
The government repeatedly failed to seek the views of disabled people and their organisations about how residents with physical impairments could evacuate tower blocks in an emergency, six years before the Grenfell Tower disaster. Louise Upton, who was head of fire […]
The UK statistics regulator is examining the “shameful” failure of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to provide figures that would show how disabled people seeking to claim universal credit are experiencing the work capability assessment (WCA) process. Despite ministers launching […]
Disabled leaders have told MPs that there needs to be a fundamental overhaul of the “hostile”, “harmful” and “traumatic” system that assesses disabled people for their eligibility for benefits. Members of the Commons work and pensions committee heard that the work […]
Disabled women must be involved in designing solutions to the “triple whammy” of barriers they have faced during the pandemic, according to a new report by a Scottish disabled people’s organisation. Glasgow Disability Alliance (GDA) said disabled women had faced “particular […]
A Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) whistleblower has warned that harsh new policies that are forcing more disabled people to attend weekly face-to-face jobcentre meetings could lead to benefit claimants taking their own lives. The work coach, who has asked […]
Keir Starmer has caused anger among disabled activists – including within his own party – after declaring publicly that Labour is “the party of working people”. The Labour leader’s comment, in a speech to Scottish Labour’s annual conference, has reignited concerns […]
Shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth has said he would want to order an independent inquiry into deaths linked to the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) if his party wins the next general election. Although Labour […]
A disabled peer has called on disabled people and their organisations to pressure MPs to back proposals on social care charging that could make a real difference to the life chances of younger people who rely on care and support. Baroness […]
Three disabled women whose relatives have died because of failings by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have told a parliamentary meeting of the need for urgent safety improvements to the social security system. Imogen Day, Alison Burton and Joy […]