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A council has been told by disabled campaigners that a “discriminatory” draft policy that could force people with high support needs into residential care is “fundamentally flawed” and “rides roughshod” over its obligations under the Care Act. The grassroots group Bristol […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has dismissed a call from MPs to increase the level of any future payments it makes to disabled people to help them with the extra costs they face during the cost-of-living crisis. DWP’s refusal […]
A new way to hire accessible and adapted vehicles could provide an alternative to the Motability scheme for disabled people who rarely need to use their car. The Accessible Vehicle Club (AVC) is being marketed as the UK’s “first ever accessible […]
The proportion of families with disabled children who are living in poverty rose by nearly a third in two years, even before the cost-of-living crisis, according to a new poverty measurement being developed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has completely dismissed a coroner’s call for action to prevent flaws in its benefits systems leading to further deaths, following the suicide of a disabled man who became overwhelmed by the application process. Kirsty […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has repeatedly dismissed concerns raised by coroners who have investigated the deaths of benefit claimants, in a pattern of behaviour that stretches back 14 years, analysis by Disability News Service (DNS) has revealed. DNS […]
The government could be forced into further delays to its social care charging reforms, if it decides under-pressure councils will not be able to cope with the “big new chunk” of “complicated work”, evidence from a senior civil servant suggests. Sir […]
A disabled women’s collective is looking to recruit fresh blood to help it spread the intersectional feminist values that lie at the heart of its groundbreaking work, in what it says is a “pivotal moment” in its history. For the first […]
A disabled campaigner is fighting his local council for the right to use some of his social care funding to take his first holiday in more than 20 years. Nathan Lee Davies, who has a life-limiting condition, has not been away […]
Disabled people who have taken part voluntarily in a government employment support programme have been more likely to find jobs than claimants who were forced into the scheme, research has found. An updated research report on the programme, carried out on […]