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Disabled campaigners are calling on the House of Commons to address its “febrile atmosphere” and ensure that those with communication differences who take part in parliamentary debates no longer have to fear being “ripped to shreds”. They have drawn up a […]
Two national disabled people’s organisations have questioned why the “humanist” aspirations of the Welsh government were unable to prevent “mass death and real suffering” during the pandemic. Disability Wales and Disability Rights UK were delivering their opening statement to the section […]
New laws that would give the government sweeping powers to carry out financial surveillance on benefit claimants would also pose a serious risk to disabled people who have set up bank accounts to pay for their social care, campaigners warn. Measures […]
Disabled campaigners and union allies have raised concerns about a new Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) policy that could make it harder for claimants to access food parcels. They spoke out after the Guardian reported that jobcentre officials had been […]
An unfinished government report warned that national power cuts could cause “catastrophic deterioration” in some disabled people who rely on medical equipment in their own homes, but ministers still decided not to draw up plans to protect them. The “internal scoping […]
A young disabled woman took her own life nine months after submitting an application for a disability benefit, which was finally awarded just hours after she died, an inquiry by a committee of MPs has been told. The Commons work and […]
More than 20 disability and welfare rights organisations and charities have told MPs that a new legal duty must be introduced to force the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to safeguard the wellbeing of “vulnerable” claimants of benefits. Every non-government […]
Disabled people’s organisations have dismissed the government’s new Disability Action Plan as a series of “empty promises” that fail to address the “dire situation” disabled people are facing. The plan, and its 32 “practical actions”, was launched by disability minister Mims […]
MPs have been told that the provision of accessible housing in England is “at breaking point”, partly because of their own failure to act to end the crisis. Members of the cross-party levelling up, housing and communities committee were hearing evidence […]
Disabled campaigners and allies have called on the government to act urgently to fix the “broken” system of accessible housing in England, after years of delays. They have told a committee of cross-party MPs in written evidence that it is impossible […]