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PIP reassessments mean 35,000 will lose Motability vehicles in 2016

By John Pring on 14th July 2016 Category: Transport

PIP reassessments mean 35,000 will lose Motability vehicles in 2016
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Disabled people are being forced to hand back their Motability vehicles at a rate of up to 700 a week because of the government’s austerity cuts and reforms to disability benefits, according to the organisation’s own figures. Motability expects 35, 000 […]

Wheelchair taxi rules will finally come into force… after 20 years

By John Pring on 12th May 2016 Category: Transport

Wheelchair taxi rules will finally come into force… after 20 years
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A report by peers on the impact of equality legislation on disabled people appears to have secured its first success after the government agreed to bring into force taxi regulations – 20 years after they were first included in legislation. The […]

It is ‘not value-for-money’ to collect vital PIP stats on 20-metre rule, says DWP

By John Pring on 12th May 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

It is ‘not value-for-money’ to collect vital PIP stats on 20-metre rule, says DWP
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Two disabled peers have criticised ministers for refusing to collect figures that would demonstrate the impact of a key element of new benefit rules that will see tens of thousands of people losing their Motability vehicles. The Liberal Democrat peer Baroness […]

Government is failing disabled people on discrimination, say peers

By John Pring on 24th March 2016 Category: Politics

Government is failing disabled people on discrimination, say peers
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The government is failing to protect disabled people from discrimination, according to the conclusions of a nine-month investigation by a House of Lords committee. The Equality Act 2010 and disability committee has concluded that laws designed to address disability discrimination were […]

Disabled peers inflict heavy defeat as government loses its WRAG cuts

By John Pring on 28th January 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Disabled peers inflict heavy defeat as government loses its WRAG cuts
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The government has suffered a crushing defeat in the House of Lords over its plans to cut future support for hundreds of thousands of disabled people found “not fit for work”, thanks to an amendment proposed by a disabled peer. Lord […]

DWP refuses to back down over annual disability employment report

By John Pring on 28th January 2016 Category: Employment

DWP refuses to back down over annual disability employment report
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A disabled peer has failed to persuade the government to publish an annual report on progress towards its target of halving the disability employment gap. Baroness [Jane] Campbell had proposed an amendment to the government’s welfare reform and work bill during […]

Disabled peers quiz civil servants on Equality Act enforcement ‘failure’

By John Pring on 10th July 2015 Category: Politics

Disabled peers quiz civil servants on Equality Act enforcement ‘failure’
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Three disabled peers have asked a panel of senior civil servants why the government appears to have failed to enforce the Equality Act since it became law five years ago. The peers were questioning civil servants from the Office for Disability […]

Peers to probe how Equality Act has helped disabled people

By John Pring on 19th June 2015 Category: Human Rights

Peers to probe how Equality Act has helped disabled people
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A new Lords committee is to investigate the impact on disabled people of the Equality Act since it became law five years ago. The committee has been set up on the prompting of the disabled Liberal Democrat peer Baroness [Celia] Thomas. […]

DLA reforms could dash teenager’s Paralympic dreams

By John Pring on 5th June 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DLA reforms could dash teenager’s Paralympic dreams
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A talented Scottish teenager has described how her dreams of Paralympic glory may have been dashed by the government’s disability living allowance (DLA) cuts and reforms. Kayleigh Haggo has been told that she will lose her entitlement to a Motability vehicle […]

Thousands of hotels are breaching basic access rules, says disabled peer

By John Pring on 28th February 2015 Category: Independent Living

Thousands of hotels are breaching basic access rules, says disabled peer
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Four disabled peers have called on the hotel industry to do far more to improve access for their customers. The debate in the House of Lords heard from the disabled peers Baroness [Celia] Thomas, Baroness [Jane] Campbell, Baroness [Sue] Masham and […]

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