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Benefits for disabled people are set to rise by just 0.5 per cent next year, the government has announced, despite the increasing costs and cuts to support many of them are facing as a result of the pandemic. The announcement by […]
A Deaf campaigner is set to take legal action against both the government and the Labour party after they both failed to provide British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters at televised coronavirus briefings this week. Katie Rowley, who is pregnant, said it […]
The family of a disabled woman who died in the Grenfell Tower fire are taking legal action to force the government to protect other residents who need assistance in evacuating from high-rise blocks of flats. Last year, the Grenfell inquiry said […]
A Deaf activist is walking from Gloucester to Downing Street to draw attention to the government’s “callous and heartless” refusal to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter at its coronavirus TV briefings. Lynn Stewart-Taylor, founder of the #WhereIsTheInterpreter campaign, and […]
Disabled people who have been shielding at home say they are having to rely on peer support and their own judgement to protect themselves from the pandemic, after despairing at the lack of clear government guidance. Many of those who have […]
The government’s decision to further ease measures that have been protecting hundreds of thousands of disabled people from coronavirus since late March has left many of them “stunned and anxious”, say campaigners. The 2.2 million people currently described as “clinically extremely […]
The shadow minister for disabled people has taken legal advice over the government’s “outrageous” decision to prevent MPs at serious risk from coronavirus from continuing to vote and take part in debates from their own home. Labour’s Vicky Foxcroft, who has […]
Disabled politicians – including both government and opposition MPs – have joined campaigners in expressing anger at the actions of the prime minister’s chief adviser, who has refused to apologise for breaking the government’s own coronavirus lockdown rules. They have contrasted […]
Disabled people have attacked the government’s decision to start lifting the lockdown that has been in place since March, and have warned that some people with long-term health conditions could pay for that move with their lives. The prime minister, Boris […]
More than 150 Deaf people have begun a legal class action against the UK government over its failure to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter at its televised daily coronavirus briefings. They are seeking damages from the government – and […]