Disabled peers have welcomed the government’s new care bill, but have warned that passing the legislation will mean nothing without action to solve the social care funding crisis. The bill’s lengthy journey through parliament began this week with its second reading […]
Council’s residential care threat policy will go to judicial review
A disabled teenager has been given the go-ahead to challenge a cost-cutting local authority that is set to force more disabled people into residential care, rather than paying for them to receive support in their own homes. Disabled campaigners reacted furiously […]
Government admits there can be no PIP online applications
New fears have been raised about how disabled people will be expected to apply for a new disability benefit, after it emerged that the government is not offering a way to claim for it online. Earlier this month, Disability News Service […]
Civil servants ‘forced to quit’ over ICT access ‘brick walls’
Disabled people who use assistive technology have been forced to quit their civil service jobs because of the government’s failure to deal with their access needs, Disability News Service has been told. Because security takes priority over every other issue – […]
Survey brings new evidence of benefits of personalisation
A new survey offers fresh evidence that using personal budgets to organise their social care increases disabled people’s independence and dignity and their ability to choose and control their support. The survey of more than 3, 300 personal budget-holders and carers […]
Brewer faces ‘pariah’ status among colleagues after ‘hate’ comments to DNS
A councillor who caused shock and revulsion after telling Disability News Service (DNS) there was a good argument for killing some disabled babies, will be treated “like a pariah” when he returns to work DNS has been told. There have been […]
Disabled peer steps back from fighting ‘horror’ of third bid to legalise assisted suicide
The disabled peer who has led efforts to prevent the legalisation of assisted suicide has been forced to step back from the latest “desperate” fight to fend off a change in the law. Baroness [Jane] Campbell has been campaigning for 12 […]
MPs set to quiz minister over ‘misleading’ benefit stats
MPs are set to hold a one-off evidence session to question a work and pensions minister about the department’s “misleading” use of benefit statistics. Conservative ministers including work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith and Esther McVey, the minister for disabled […]
Report offers government a ‘clear and affordable’ social care solution
A new report by MPs and peers has called on the government to use its new care bill to provide a social care system that enables disabled people to live “truly independent lives”. The report, Promoting Independence, Preventing Crisis, offers the […]
Duncan Smith could face election contest with disabled activist
The architect of the government’s unpopular welfare reforms could face an attempt to unseat him at the next general election from a leading disabled activist. Julie Jaye Charles, who lives in Iain Duncan Smith’s Chingford and Woodford Green constituency, said she […]