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A disabled man who was plunged into poverty after his disability benefits were removed died hours after self-harming in public, apparently in protest at his treatment by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Afolabi Ojerinde, who was 48, was taken […]
The boss of the health and safety watchdog has been asked by a disabled MP why her organisation has never investigated the government’s “fitness for work” test, even though it was linked to nearly 600 suicides in less than three years. […]
Four national disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have called on the Covid public inquiry to examine why there was a huge increase in deaths of disabled people receiving care in their own homes across the UK during the pandemic. By May 2021, […]
The government is hiding figures that would show how often its civil servants are making life-threatening errors when dealing with the benefit claims of disabled people, just as media reports suggest it is planning sweeping cuts and reforms. Last Friday, The […]
There will be “disastrous consequences” for disabled Londoners if the mayor and local authorities fail to take urgent action to increase the number of accessible homes in the capital, according to new user-led research. The Barriers at Home report, the product […]
A new government bill would force banks to carry out “mass surveillance” of millions of innocent disabled people and other benefit claimants, MPs have been warned. The measures in the bill would force banks to examine individuals’ accounts for potential breaches […]
A disabled MP has warned the government that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is “broken” and “not fit for purpose”, and that major changes to the social security system need to be co-designed with disabled people and benefit claimants. […]
Not a single organisation that responded to a consultation by the last government was in favour of replacing a monthly cash payment for disability benefits with vouchers or one-off grants, civil servants have finally admitted. Documents obtained through a freedom of […]
Successive UK governments – mostly Conservative-led – have failed to take any action to address six key disability rights recommendations made by the UN over the last decade, according to the human rights watchdog. Among the areas where governments have failed […]
A bill that aims to legalise assisted suicide will have a “serious and profound” negative impact on how disabled people’s lives are valued by society, MPs have been warned. Fazilet Hadi, head of policy at Disability Rights UK (DR UK), told […]