Professor Mike Oliver: Outpouring of admiration for social model pioneer
The death of the disabled academic who first defined the “social model of disability” has…
Browsing: Baroness Campbell
Anger over latest delay to social care green paper
Disabled people’s organisations have reacted angrily after the government admitted that it will break its…
Mixed response to government’s plans to improve access to air travel
A trio of disabled peers who have all been fierce critics of the discrimination faced…
Disabled peer calls for ‘heavy fines’ for air travel access failures
A disabled crossbench peer has called on the government to start handing out “heavy fines”…
Minister appears unprepared for impact of ‘no deal’ Brexit on social care
The health and social care secretary appears to have accidentally confessed to having no plans…
Care charges are driving disabled people into debt, says report
Charging disabled people for their care and support is driving many of them into debt…
Ministers quietly drop plans for ‘parallel process’ on working-age social care
Ministers have quietly decided to include the support needs of working-age disabled people in their…
Tributes to ‘generous-natured, passionate and courageous’ activist
Fellow activists and friends have paid tribute to Juliet Marlow, the “campaigning linchpin” of the…
Disabled people split over personal health budget expansion plans
Government plans for a huge expansion of personal health budgets could help to deliver independent…
‘Extraordinary’ government response to question over social care progress
The government has failed to set up a single committee involving experts from outside the…