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The minister leading the review into personal independence payment (PIP) has told fellow MPs that there “may well be reductions” in spending on the disability benefit after the government publishes its final report later this year. Sir Stephen Timms was speaking […]
A “milestone” report by the care watchdog has found “systemic weaknesses” in the way some local authorities across England are delivering their adult social care duties. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said it was most concerned about the variation in performance […]
The government has laid out its next steps – and published new research – on addressing the pay discrimination faced by disabled workers and other oppressed groups. It is now two years since the new Labour government used its first king’s […]
A newly-nationalised rail company desperately tried to settle three separate cases of discrimination taken against it by a disabled campaigner, just weeks after the firm was brought under state control. GTR (Govia Thameslink Railway) offered as much as £20,000 to Doug […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to correct figures in its annual report that hugely underestimate the number of disabled benefit claimants who had their claims closed as part of the move to universal credit. DWP’s own figures, […]
Personal independence payment (PIP) is increasingly vital to disabled people to fill in the gaps caused by cuts to services, but there are “deep-rooted” problems with how it is delivered, an interim report from the government’s PIP review has concluded. Many […]
A third major broadcaster has been unable to provide an explanation for why high-profile presenters are failing to challenge politicians and commentators who repeat the false claim that spending on social security needs to be cut because it is out of […]
Tax changes announced by Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves last November will cost disabled people who lease a Motability* car more than £400 each on average, the company that runs the scheme has told Disability News Service (DNS). Reeves announced last November […]
Disabled peers have called on the government to ensure that an accessible rail system becomes a reality through its new railways bill, with no sign yet that ministers will listen to calls for a greater focus on accessibility and disability rights. […]
Food insecurity* is a “widespread, severe, and systemic” issue for disabled people, with rising food costs a “significant” challenge, according to evidence submitted to an inquiry just as the government released a report on disability benefit reform. The Disability Poverty Campaign […]