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Disabled campaigners are calling on the government to halt its reform of the Mental Health Act until there is a public inquiry into the “appalling failings, abuse and high levels of deaths” in mental health services across England. They say that […]
Parents with learning difficulties in England are more than 50 times more likely to have their child taken into care than other parents, an investigation has found. Channel 5 News worked closely with the disabled women’s organisation WinVisible and fellow campaign […]
A report by a cross-party committee of MPs and peers on the government’s plans for mental health reform has been described as “seriously flawed and discriminatory” by a user-led organisation. Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) told the committee last year that the […]
The government is ignoring a call from disabled human rights experts from the UN to assess the overall impact of cuts and reforms to disabled people’s support, six years after being told to do so in a ground-breaking report. The UN […]
The new minister for disabled people failed to send a message of support on the UN’s international day of disabled people… although he did find time to publish a post about Small Business Saturday. The two events took place on the […]
Two disabled campaigners were at the high court this week to challenge the government’s refusal to ensure that all disabled people can safely evacuate from high-rise blocks of flats in emergencies. Following the two-day hearing, Georgie Hulme and Sarah Rennie said […]
The new minister for disabled people has been ridiculed for claiming the government has a record of providing “global leadership on disability inclusion”, six years after it was found guilty of “grave” and “systematic” violations of the UN disability convention. Tom […]
Working-age people with both a hearing and visual impairment in England were nearly 12 times more likely to die due to Covid during the pandemic than people of the same age without such impairments, “shocking” new official figures have shown. The […]
A disabled activist has told MPs and peers that the government’s draft mental health bill is “starting from the wrong position” and needs to focus instead on supporting people with mental distress to live in the community. Simone Aspis, manager of […]
After more than two decades of campaigning, some of the first Deaf people have been able to complete jury service in England and Wales with support from British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters, following a change in the law. The new laws […]