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Additional reporting by Raya Al Jadir A civil servant, a Falklands veteran, an inclusive design expert, a festival director and two Paralympians are among disabled people recognised in the latest New Year’s Honours. Among those receiving MBEs is Margaret Hickish, Network […]
One of the country’s most influential disabled campaigners is to take control of BBC Radio’s flagship news programme for its first show of 2016. Baroness [Jane] Campbell (pictured) has been chosen as one of six guest editors who will each take […]
The national, user-led organisation representing disabled people in Wales could be forced to close in less than four months’ time, after the Welsh government refused its latest funding application. Disability Wales (DW) is set to lose more than two-thirds of its […]
A leading disabled peer has been forced to stress that she does not support a government-run disability employment campaign, after civil servants mistakenly tweeted comments that suggested she had endorsed the much-criticised programme. Baroness [Jane] Campbell (pictured) had provided quotes and […]
Vital funding used to enable disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) in London to survive and thrive is set to be scrapped, after politicians over-ruled the expert advice of their own officials. The grants committee of the umbrella organisation London Councils has recommended […]
Governments in the UK – and abroad – are showing “a clear lack of appreciation and respect” for disabled people’s organisations by ignoring their views and advice when developing new policies, according to a leading disabled campaigner. Miro Griffiths (pictured) was […]
Disabled activists are calling on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to release secret reports which could prove whether it has been engaging in a propaganda campaign to demonise disabled people in the media. DWP has told Disability News Service […]
The government appears to have finally admitted that it could carry out an assessment of the overall impact of its cuts and reforms on disabled people… if it had the right “tools”. Ministers have consistently denied – despite evidence from their […]
Four campaigning disabled models have set up a petition to demand that ministers address the “blatant disablism” within the fashion industry. They want the government to punish the industry for its failure to meet its legal obligations under the Equality Act. […]
Disabled activists have explained why they needed to hold the government to account over its “sickening” and “degrading” cuts by protesting outside this week’s Conservative party conference in Manchester. The protest, organised by Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), saw disabled people […]