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Campaigners are celebrating another victory over the government’s welfare reform programme after the court of appeal agreed with a tribunal’s landmark ruling that the “fitness for work” test discriminates against some disabled people. The latest victory comes only weeks after the […]
MPs are set to debate the combined impact of the government’s cuts to disability benefits and services early in the new year, after a petition led by disabled campaigners hit its 100,000 target with just days to spare. Supporters now face […]
A new report that reveals how benefit cuts are undermining independent living for disabled people is “a rallying cry for choice, independence and equality”, according to a disabled peer. The launch of What Price Independent Lives, by Habinteg housing association, was […]
A disabled tourist has criticised a holiday company’s “discriminatory” policy after it tried to charge him nearly £150 for a return taxi journey from an airport because its coach was unable to take his wheelchair. Thomson had told Conrad Tokarczyk that […]
Hate crime campaigners have written to the attorney general after the killer who carried out the horrific murder of a disabled man was sentenced to a minimum sentence of just 18 years. They say the murder of Bijan Ebrahimi in Bristol […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing accusations of a double cover-up, after altering two sets of guidelines, both of which had allegedly been breached by one of its specialist welfare-to-work providers. Seetec is being investigated by DWP over […]
A disabled comedian has accused the government of making disabled people beg for their benefits, as the petition she has spearheaded for the last year appeared certain to reach its target of 100,000 people within days. Francesca Martinez was speaking to […]
New evidence has emerged of serious delays with the roll-out of the government’s new personal independence payment (PIP), after the parents of a disabled teenager told how he had been left for months without his disability benefits. They have been waiting […]
The government has secretly “opened the floodgates” that will see increasing numbers of disabled children being forced into special schools, say campaigners for inclusive education. They spoke out as the children and families bill completed its committee stage in the House […]
Thousands of deaf people are protesting over new government guidance that makes it harder for them to obtain the support they need to communicate in the workplace. The Access to Work (AtW) guidance means that any deaf person who needs more […]