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Campaigners have written to the new prime minister to ask her to act urgently to prevent disabled people facing a “humanitarian crisis” this winter due to the “devastating and intensifying” levels of poverty they are facing. They warn Liz Truss in […]
The government has eased concerns that cost-of-living support for hundreds of thousands of disabled people in England announced by the Treasury last month – which should be worth hundreds of pounds – could have been snatched back by local authorities. Chancellor […]
A pan-London disabled people’s organisation (DPO) is to call on the capital’s mayor to do more to support disabled Londoners hit by the unfolding cost-of-living crisis. Inclusion London said this week that food and energy bills have been rising sharply over […]
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are set to play a key role in drawing up a plan to address disability poverty in Glasgow. The call for an action plan is one of the recommendations from a report for Glasgow City Council’s Social […]
A new coalition of disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) is aiming to shine a spotlight on the “devastating impact” of the spiralling cost of living that is “threatening disabled people’s survival”. The Disability Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG) warned this week that DPOs […]
The government has been discriminating against hundreds of disabled parents who have been told they cannot claim vital financial support for their babies’ nutrition unless they transfer onto universal credit, NHS figures have revealed. Disability News Service (DNS) has obtained the […]
Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey was accused of an “embarrassing” performance in front of MPs yesterday (Wednesday) after she was repeatedly forced to admit she could not remember key aspects of her government’s disability policies. Coffey (pictured) was appearing in […]
The government is refusing to say how it justifies the continuing failure to provide vital support to many parents on disability benefits to help with their babies’ nutrition. Disability News Service (DNS) revealed last week how a disabled mother-of-two had accused […]
The human rights watchdog has launched an inquiry into how schools are monitoring the use of restraint on their pupils. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) inquiry will discover whether primary, secondary and special schools in England and Wales are […]
The UK is one of the worst-performing countries in the European Union (EU) when it comes to protecting disabled people from poverty, according to official figures. The EU figures show that the UK is the 10th worst of the 28 EU […]