Businesses are responding to high-profile environmental campaigns to stop using plastic straws without considering the needs of disabled people, disability rights activists have warned. The Scottish user-led political campaign group One in Five fears that “knee-jerk” promises to ditch single-use plastic […]
Ratings sticker scheme ‘could transform access in Wales’
Disabled campaigners are seeking to persuade the Welsh government to introduce a new scheme that would see service-providers displaying stickers that show how accessible they are. Bridgend Coalition of Disabled People (BCDP) wants shops, restaurants, transport providers, pubs and other service-providers […]
Benefit assessment system undermined by culture of mistrust, say MPs
Benefit assessment report welcomed, but concern over ‘preventable harm’ failings
DWP quietly dumps plan to trial softer sanctions regime
The PIP Files: Senior MP to write to minister over ‘devastating’ revelations
Watchdog begins probe into failure of regulators to punish lying PIP assessors
A watchdog is examining the failure of two healthcare regulators to punish nurses, paramedics and physiotherapists who write dishonest benefit assessment reports. The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) is looking at concerns about the way regulators deal with complaints about nurses, physiotherapists […]