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The way the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has treated disabled people in the last 15 years “will go down in history as a terrible and inexcusable crime”, MPs were told this week during a debate on the new government’s […]
The new Labour government’s policy on social security reform is in chaos after it issued contrasting statements and briefings on budget day about whether – and how – it would press ahead with planned Conservative cuts to spending on out-of-work disability […]
Labour’s first budget for 15 years has failed to do enough to address the “systemic challenges” faced by disabled people across society, user-led organisations have warned the Treasury. The first budget speech of chancellor Rachel Reeves included no serious attempt to […]
Disabled activists and unions have come together to fight what they fear will be a renewed, hostile attack on disabled people who rely on social security at next week’s budget. A parliamentary meeting this week heard disabled campaigners and senior union […]
The government has been accused of “another missed opportunity” to support disabled people, after ending all cost-of-living payments, including the annual payment to those on disability benefits. Disabled campaigners warned that Jeremy Hunt’s budget could lead to further cuts to disabled […]
The minister for disabled people appears to have confirmed that the Treasury has provided no new funding to boost the government’s National Disability Strategy, other than for employment and education schemes. Disability News Service (DNS) reported last month that the chancellor, […]
The chancellor appears to have failed to provide any new funding for disabled people in the budget and spending review, other than in education and back-to-work support, despite pledges made by ministers when launching their new National Disability Strategy. The prime […]
The chancellor has delivered a double blow to disabled people after refusing to extend a vital £20-a-week social security “uplift” to those on so-called legacy benefits, and then failing to take any action to address the social care funding crisis. In […]
The Treasury and Downing Street have rejected deliveries of appeals from disabled people for ministers to pay attention to their urgent need for an increase in their benefits, after the evidence was delivered to their front doors. Personal accounts from disabled […]
Ministers have been unable to answer key questions on how they plan to cope with the impact of coronavirus on social care, despite announcing £5 billion in emergency funding for public services. The failure to answer questions about the impact of […]