Private sector ‘shames government on Equality Act’
The private sector has implemented the Equality Act far better than central and local government…
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Budget: Chancellor’s WRAG decision is ‘misguided’ and ‘cruel’
Disabled people and their organisations have branded this week’s budget misguided and cruel, and say…
Budget: Osborne scraps WRAG as part of £13 billion-a-year benefit cuts
The government is to slash financial support for hundreds of thousands of disabled people on…
ILF closure: Govt admits councils only told ‘roughly’ how much they will have to spend
The government has admitted that it has given local authorities only a “rough” idea how…
Councils apologise over ILF delays and confusion, but blame government
Fresh evidence has emerged of delays and cuts to care packages as local authorities prepare…
Minister’s PIP actions were ‘unreasonable’, ‘irrational’ and ‘unlawful’, says court
A court has ruled that work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith (pictured) was “unreasonable”,…
Government cuts ‘could see disabled people slide back to the bad old days’
Government policies on social care, health and benefits risk sending disabled people sliding back to…
‘Vile’, disablist bumper stickers cause anger
A company that used the online marketplace eBay to advertise a “vile” car bumper sticker…
Queen’s speech ‘suggests the worst is yet to come’
Disabled people should prepare themselves for more cuts and further attacks on their rights over…
Osborne’s budget silence on disability ‘is ominous’
Leading disabled figures have warned that the chancellor’s “ominous” failure to mention disability or social…