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One of the architects of the Conservative austerity years has denied to the Covid public inquiry that the spending cuts left a “depleted” health and social care system and rising inequality by the time the pandemic hit in 2020. When asked […]
Labour’s leader has sparked anger and frustration among disabled activists after mentioning his party’s focus on “working people” 23 times in a high-profile speech. Sir Keir Starmer repeatedly stressed that a Labour government would be “once again on the side of […]
The Cabinet Office has admitted that it does not ask its own disability ambassadors if they self-identify as disabled people, sparking serious concerns about the government’s commitment to equality. The government now has 20 disability and access ambassadors across areas such […]
Many thousands of disabled people are likely to lose their right to vote because of the government’s decision to require voters in England to show photographic identification at polling stations, MPs have been told. Fazilet Hadi, head of policy for Disability […]
The information commissioner has told the Treasury it can continue to hide information that would show how measures in a controversial spring budget were predicted to affect disabled people and other groups protected by the Equality Act. Disability News Service (DNS) […]
A disabled Conservative peer has told MPs that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is “stuck in a time warp” and has a “culture of low aspiration”. Lord [Kevin] Shinkwin (pictured) said he believed DWP treated disabled people “as maybe […]
Energy companies will not be allowed to restart the forcible installation of prepayment meters in the homes of “vulnerable” and other customers until they can prove they are complying with a new code of practice, the regulator has told MPs. Jonathan […]
Disabled campaigners have expressed anger at reports that former health and social care secretary Matt Hancock considered blocking disability funding to persuade an MP to vote in favour of Covid restrictions at the height of the pandemic. The allegations emerged as […]
MPs have been told of the desperate struggle for survival many disabled people are facing because of their spiralling living costs. Members of the Commons women and equalities committee were hearing evidence yesterday (Wednesday) from two disabled people and a carer […]
The government and the energy industry have told disabled people whose lives depend on powered equipment in their homes to draw up their own back-up plans to protect themselves ahead of possible blackouts this winter. Both the government and the energy […]