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A user-led commission is calling for disabled people to be placed at the centre of local decision-making, following a three-year inquiry into the barriers they face in their London borough. Lewisham Disabled People’s Commission (LDPC) also calls for the local council […]
A high-profile network of disabled researchers are to return after a six-year pause to produce a report on a white paper that contains “nonsensical” government plans to scrap the work capability assessment. A key researcher with the Spartacus network told Disability […]
A campaigning disabled woman who found herself trapped on a pavement by café furniture has forced her local council to rewrite its “ludicrous” and unlawful licensing policy after a successful legal action. Flick Williams, a visually-impaired powerchair-user, left a shoe shop […]
Disabled campaigners have welcomed a judge’s order that should put a temporary stop to energy companies using the courts to force customers onto prepayment meters, but they have called on the government to go further and introduce a permanent ban. Lord […]
Activists who have used direct action to draw attention to attacks on disabled people’s rights say plans to give the police yet more new powers to shut down demonstrations show the government is weak and “running scared”. The powers would allow […]
Disabled people who rely on powered equipment in their homes to survive have expressed serious concerns at the government’s failure to provide clear information about how they will be protected in the event of power blackouts this winter. Disability News Service […]
Grassroots disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have expressed their frustration at being “shut out” of the Covid public inquiry. The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has decided that 14 DPOs will not be allocated status as “core participants” in two crucial parts of the […]
The disability charity Scope has been forced to apologise after facing accusations that its new annual awards ceremony excluded disabled people of colour, as well as those who are clinically vulnerable to Covid. The charity has also been criticised for refusing […]
Disabled people must “keep fighting back” and “politicise” so they can battle the impact of a decade of austerity, a series of leading disabled figures have urged. They spoke about the importance of working together to fight back against the impact […]
Disabled activists, politicians, family and friends have paid tribute to Roger Lewis, a dedicated and much-loved activist who played a key role in the disabled people’s anti-cuts movement over the last decade, and who died this week. A string of fellow […]