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The prime minister has been warned by a senior MP that his decision to delay reform of adult social care in England risks Labour’s plans being “kiboshed” at the next general election. Sir Keir Starmer was appearing in front of the […]
Conservative councillors responsible for housing, social care, public health and safeguarding have all refused to comment on the death of a disabled man who was found dead in distressing conditions after the wrongful removal of his disability benefits. David*, from Salisbury, […]
A widower has said he will never forgive the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for its failings in dealing with his wife’s disability benefits, after an ombudsman ruled those failures were a “significant contributing factor” in her suicide. His wife’s […]
The chancellor has raised worrying questions about the government’s planned cuts to personal independence payment (PIP), after she repeatedly linked the disability benefit to employment when giving evidence to a committee of MPs. Rachel Reeves was being questioned by MPs on […]
Some of England’s leading disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are considering halting all engagement with the minister for disabled people over the government’s “brutal cuts” to disability benefits. Disability News Service (DNS) has been told that members of the DPO Forum England […]
An influential Labour MP has called on her government to take urgent action to safeguard benefit claimants, after a disabled man was found dead in distressing conditions weeks after the wrongful removal of his disability benefits. It is believed that David*, […]
The House of Lords is “aeons ahead” of the Commons when it comes to providing an accessible working environment for parliamentarians, a disabled MP has told an inquiry. Labour’s Dr Marie Tidball was one of four disabled MPs, and a disabled […]
The broadcasting watchdog has failed millions of disabled people by clearing two television programmes of disability discrimination and causing offence, including one in which some young people on disability benefits were described as “parasites”. One disabled activist warned that Ofcom’s decisions […]
New figures show that disabled people are waiting nearly 100 days for their Access to Work claims to be “reconsidered” by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), just as the government has released its plans to increase disability employment. The […]
The body of a disabled man was found in his flat in distressing, squalid conditions, just weeks after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wrongly removed his disability benefits because he had failed to return a claim form. His sister, […]