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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have welcomed the Scottish government’s decision to open the Independent Living Fund (ILF) to new claimants for the first time since 2010*. The decision by Scotland’s new first minister, Humza Yousaf – which will only affect disabled […]
Nearly four years after announcing plans to reform support for disabled people, work and pensions ministers have published proposals for sweeping changes to disability benefits and employment support. Some of the proposals – including plans to scrap the work capability assessment […]
The government has been accused of publishing a “deeply unsatisfying” response to a devastating report by a UN committee that concluded last year that the UK had been “going backwards” on independent living. One disabled people’s organisation (DPO) said the government […]
The UN expert who told the government that its cuts to disabled people’s support had caused a “human catastrophe” is to visit the UK this autumn to deliver a high-profile lecture on disability rights. Theresia Degener, the professor of law and […]
An international committee of disabled human rights experts have delivered a series of withering attacks on the UK government over its failure to implement the UN disability convention. Following a two-day public examination of the UK’s progress in implementing the UN […]
The government’s own benefits advice body has warned that last-minute changes made to eligibility for the new mobility benefit could have a “catastrophic” impact on some disabled people. The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) says in a letter that some disabled […]
Anti-euthanasia campaigners have warned that a disabled man’s legal bid to allow a doctor to end his life without fear of prosecution would have a “catastrophic” effect on the safety of tens of thousands of other disabled people. Three high court […]
Disabled activists have again been forced to warn of the “catastrophic” consequences of a weakening in the laws on euthanasia and assisted suicide, after the latest “right to die” high court ruling. Tony Nicklinson, from Wiltshire, this week won the right […]
Government proposals to remove funding from organisations that provide expert legal support for discrimination cases will have a “catastrophic” impact on disabled people experts have warned. The Government Equalities Office (GEO) has quietly published its response to a consultation on plans […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has dismissed a call from MPs to increase the level of any future payments it makes to disabled people to help them with the extra costs they face during the cost-of-living crisis. DWP’s refusal […]