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Disabled people and allies are hoping that a new national network will support service-users who are constantly battling their local authority over their social care packages. The Care Net is particularly focusing on disabled people who use direct payments to arrange […]
A retired Paralympian has called for the charity that oversees the Motability scheme to use some of its huge financial reserves to allow more disabled people with high support needs to drive independently. Zoe Dunklin (pictured) believes that Motability Foundation’s policies […]
Three deaths of disabled people who took their own lives were linked to flaws within the universal credit system, despite the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) previously dismissing fears about the safety of “vulnerable” claimants as “misplaced”. A report by […]
Thanks to the success of a crowdfunding initiative, every MP is to receive a copy of a book that investigates how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) caused countless deaths of disabled benefit claimants over the last 14 years. Organisers […]
Both the government and Network Rail have refused to say what will happen to £65 million of funding that was allocated to improving access at rail stations over the last five years, but was never spent. Disability News Service (DNS) revealed […]
A disabled woman who sits on a social security tribunal is set to take legal action against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for breaching the Human Rights Act, after years of “persecution” over her benefits. Katherine*, who continues to […]
Accessibility standards at airports across the UK have slumped over the last year – and in comparison with pre-pandemic levels – despite the regulator claiming they have improved. The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) issued an annual report yesterday (Wednesday) that […]
A peer support scheme that has helped hundreds of disabled people in a single borough with the barriers they face in their daily lives has secured nearly £600,000 in funding over the next five years to continue its work. Inclusion Barnet’s […]
A disabled people’s organisation is calling on coffee shops to do more to avoid the “pervasive humiliation” faced by many customers who stammer when they try to place their order. Many people who stammer can be rushed, ignored and even mimicked […]
Disabled people are back “in the firing line” on spending cuts, activists have warned, following a trio of decisions announced by Labour’s new chancellor, Rachel Reeves, this week. Reeves told MPs on Monday that there would be cuts to social care […]