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Business secretary Vince Cable is to consider what action the government can take to boost the number of disabled entrepreneurs. Cable was speaking during a visit to a university laboratory today (26 June) as a guest of Disability Rights UK (DR […]
The entire system of disability benefits and other support should be swept away and replaced with a single funding stream and assessment process, according to a new discussion paper published by a disabled consultant and activist. Simon Stevens said that witnessing […]
A new online marketplace should reduce the time it takes for Deaf people to find a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter, and help avoid the huge fees charged by some of the big translation agencies. The new Lingoing website allows potential […]
A future Labour government should make a “wise investment” in disabled people in order to break the link between disability and poverty, according to a new report for the party. The Disability and Poverty Taskforce was set up by Labour and […]
The government will base its new disability employment strategy on the provision of more personalised support to help disabled people into work, it announced this week. In a paper providing details of “the discussion so far” on the strategy, work and […]
The new minister for disabled people has used his first appearance in front of a cross-party disability group to continue the government’s assault on supposed benefit “fraud” and “abuse”. Addressing a packed meeting of the all party parliamentary disability group, Mike […]
The new shadow minister for disabled people is considering drawing up plans that would aim to repeat the success of the Motability car scheme across other parts of the economy. Kate Green, the MP for Stretford and Urmston in Manchester, was […]
A string of demands from the new UK Disabled People’s Manifesto could become official Liberal Democrat policy in time for the next general election, say leading party activists. The manifesto was launched earlier this month by Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) […]
The government has held a huge conference to set out its “non-confrontational” approach to persuading business to employ more disabled people. The Working Together conference in London brought about 300 businesses and disabled entrepreneurs together, as the coalition launched a two-year […]
Campaigners in the West Midlands are hoping to become the first in the country to set up a co-operative to help disabled people manage their personal assistants (PAs). The co-op would arrange payment of staff, deal with tax and national insurance, […]