The first report of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has shown how successive governments displayed a “criminally negligent” attitude towards protecting disabled people and other groups at risk from pandemics, according to disabled campaigners. Disabled people’s organisations said this week that it […]
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Sample of disabled people forced onto universal credit shows every one of them now receives less in benefits
Almost no councils now employ access officers, new research shows
Government fails to publish guidance to support disabled candidates in time for election
The Conservative government has failed to publish guidance that would have helped political parties support disabled people standing at next month’s general election. The government’s much-criticised Disability Action Plan, published in February, pledged three actions that would “support both the recruitment […]