New Commons chamber will include frontbench wheelchair spaces for first time
New designs for a temporary House of Commons chamber will allow wheelchair-users who become ministers…
Browsing: Dame Anne Begg
DWP in dirty tricks row after abusive comments about disabled ex-MP
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is mired in a dirty tricks row after…
One in five benefit-related deaths involved sanctions, admits DWP
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted that 10 of the 49 benefit…
New parliament sees number of disabled MPs plunge
The Conservative election victory appears to have delivered a heavy blow to long-term efforts to…
Dame Anne’s warning to disabled people: ‘Be afraid, be very afraid’
A disabled Labour MP who lost her seat in last week’s general election has warned…
COMMENT: What now? Tory victory provides clear course for DNS
An overall majority for the Conservatives, three party leaders quitting, David Cameron back in Downing…
MPs want new benefit deaths watchdog
MPs have called on the government to set up a new independent body – modelled…
IDS breaks pledge on PIP waiting-times, as tens of thousands still queue for months
Government ministers have broken their high-profile promise to slash all waiting-times for the new disability…
Access to Work crisis: Scheme must improve, say MPs
The Access to Work (AtW) scheme is only helping a minority of the disabled people…
Access to Work crisis: Minister apologises for bungled reforms
The minister for disabled people has apologised to MPs for the government’s botched reforms to…