Disability Rights UK

June 5, 2015

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‘Vile’, disablist bumper stickers cause anger

A company that used the online marketplace eBay to advertise a “vile” car bumper sticker that suggested disabled people were faking their impairments has been forced to apologise and withdraw it from sale. The £2.50 sticker featured the traditional wheelchair symbol, alongside the words: “Not Really, Just Lazy.” One disabled Twitter-user, @IanmAllan, tweeted: “That

Politics

Outside view of the Houses of Parliament

May 29, 2015

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Queen’s speech ‘suggests the worst is yet to come’

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Disabled people should prepare themselves for more cuts and further attacks on their rights over the next five years disabled campaigners have warned in the wake of this week’s Queen’s speech. The speech, which laid out plans for what the prime minister called a “one nation government”, confirmed his party’s pledge to introduce further

Politics

Protester in wheelchair holding sign saying 'The needy, paying for the sins of the greedy'

March 20, 2015

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Osborne’s budget silence on disability ‘is ominous’

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Leading disabled figures have warned that the chancellor’s “ominous” failure to mention disability or social care in this week’s budget could be a sign that he plans to target disabled people’s support and services for fresh cuts. George Osborne promised £12 billion-a-year in further cuts from the welfare budget, and £13 billion in other

Education

March 13, 2015

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Government backtracks again on cuts to student support

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The government has announced a further delay to its proposals to restrict the funding that helps disabled students attend university, days after two young people won permission to challenge its plans in the courts. Ministers in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) announced this week that changes relating to “accommodation, peripherals and

Independent Living

February 21, 2015

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Lottery awards £5 million for user-led independent living research

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Four of the UK’s leading pan-disability organisations have secured £5 million in lottery funding for a major series of research projects on independent living. The Big Lottery Fund has given the money to Disability Action Northern Ireland, and its research partners Disability Rights UK, Disability Wales and Inclusion Scotland, for the Disability Research on

Benefits and Poverty

February 21, 2015

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DWP shortcuts to reduce PIP delays ‘have made it easier to reject claims’

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Short-cuts introduced to reduce the backlog of applications for the government’s new disability benefit have made it easier to reject claims, according to the main union representing Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff. The union’s evidence suggests that efforts to cut the “huge backlog” of claims for personal independence payment (PIP) have instead

Independent Living

Front entrance of Warwickshire County Council headquarters in Warwick

February 6, 2015

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Court ruling raises fresh questions over care funding

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A high court ruling has raised new concerns about how disabled people will be affected by the combination of three major government reforms of social care, and the funding crisis facing local authorities. Two disabled children, known as L and P, were seeking a judicial review of a consultation by Warwickshire county council on

Employment

December 29, 2014 0

Concern over DWP plans to scrap specialist work adviser roles

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New moves to scrap the role of specialist disability employment advisers (DEAs) in some jobcentres risk “dismantling” the support available to help disabled people into work, campaigners fear. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) confirmed this week that a pilot scheme to create a new “Unipod” structure in Jobcentre Plus offices is being

Human Rights

December 19, 2014 0

Watchdogs pose key questions on UK’s compliance with UN convention

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A report by Britain’s four equality watchdogs has posed questions that could expose gaping holes in the UK government’s compliance with the UN disability convention. The report has been broadly welcomed by disabled people’s organisations (DPOs), but they have also criticised the failure to publicise the document, or to involve DPOs in its preparation.

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