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The government’s “weak” response to a major report on the inaccessibility of the transport system has left the future of disabled people’s right to travel in “grave danger”, campaigners warned this week. Although there were some pledges of action from the […]
A bill that aims to legalise assisted suicide will have a “serious and profound” negative impact on how disabled people’s lives are valued by society, MPs have been warned. Fazilet Hadi, head of policy at Disability Rights UK (DR UK), told […]
Disabled campaigners have raised serious concerns about the fairness of the committee of MPs that is carrying out detailed examination of a bill to legalise assisted suicide, after it prevented any disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) from giving evidence in person. The […]
Labour’s disability minister has said for the first time that he is drawing up a list of priorities for action to address the barriers faced by disabled people. It is believed to be the first time that Sir Stephen Timms has […]
Advice services provided by disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are under significant financial threat, despite a surge in demand for the support they provide, new research has shown. More than nine in 10 (93 per cent) of the DPOs who took part […]
A long-awaited new mental health bill falls far short of the fundamental reforms needed to ensure full human rights for disabled people, and will not stop them being subjected to forcible detention and degrading treatment, activists have warned. The government yesterday […]
Disabled campaigners have raised serious concerns about plans by the education watchdog to reform the way it inspects and assesses schools. Ofsted promised this week to place more “focus and scrutiny” on how schools in England meet the needs of disabled […]
Disabled activists have launched a bid to raise enough funds to send every Labour MP a copy of a book that exposes the decades of “bureaucratic violence” at the heart of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). They need to […]
Disabled activists have today “thrown the gauntlet down” to the new Labour government, as more than 100 protesters gathered opposite the House of Commons to call for action to address the damage caused by 14 years of Conservative rule. They demanded […]
One of at least three new disabled MPs to be elected to parliament at this month’s general election says she hopes to help address the “depressing and unhappy legacy” left to disabled people by 14 years of Conservative-led governments. Dr Marie […]