Testimony for UN hears of food banks and suicides
Disabled people have travelled from across the country to have their testimony about the impact…
Yearly Archives: 2013
‘Welfare reforms forced me to scavenge for supermarket food’
A disabled man has described how he was forced to scavenge for food from supermarket…
Atos ‘refuses’ to review assessments by sacked ‘drunk’ nurse
The government contractor Atos Healthcare is apparently refusing to review what could be hundreds of…
Disabled activist could become first MP to use Independent Living Fund
A Labour campaigner and disability rights activist could be set to become the first MP…
IDS appears clueless over Atos medical advice withdrawal
A cabinet minister and the boss of government contractor Atos Healthcare have both told MPs…
False information from minister raises fresh questions over Atos tender
The new minister for disabled people has been caught giving false information to an MP…
Independent Living Fund: Government should be ‘held to account’ on UN convention
The government should be “held to account” over its failure to meet its independent living…
Rapporteur postpones UK visit to hear austerity testimony
A UN human rights expert has had to postpone a visit to London to hear…
Government continues softly-softly jobs approach with first of seven conferences
The government has hosted the first of seven conferences aimed at “showcasing the talents” of…
Oliver warns of fakes and false friends, in first speech for 10 years
Disabled people must beware of the “fakes” and “so-called friends” who try to jump on…