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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have expressed “outrage” at the UK government’s decision to launch a “tokenistic” and “rehashed” National Disability Strategy that is “not fit for purpose”, and was not developed in co-production with DPOs. A network of more than 20 […]
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) across England have set up their own national network after the minister for disabled people apparently shut down his advisory forum of DPOs after just three meetings. The government’s DPO Forum has not met since last October, […]
Disabled women were made to feel abandoned, unworthy and disposable by the government’s failure to take their lives into consideration when making decisions and drawing up national policies during the pandemic, according to a new report. The report found that the […]
Disabled people are facing significant barriers to building careers in the music industry, according to new user-led research. The research* by Attitude is Everything found that nearly four-fifths (79 per cent) of Deaf and disabled people working in the music and […]
Disabled people have often been treated as “an afterthought” throughout the coronavirus pandemic, according to a leading disabled academic. Professor Tom Shakespeare told a webinar on Tuesday that disabled people had been disproportionately affected in multiple ways, including the disruption to […]
The government has refused to promise MPs that it will order a separate, independent inquiry into why so many disabled people have died from coronavirus, and the role the UK government and other public bodies have played in causing those deaths. […]
There is a clear gap between the “words and actions” of the voluntary sector when it comes to including and recognising disabled people as employees and leaders, according to new research. The research found that disabled people in senior positions across […]
The statistics regulator is refusing to ask the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for a key unpublished document that could finally show how many disabled people ministers expect to lose out from the move to universal credit. It is believed […]
The minister for disabled people has misled a Commons committee for the second time about his engagement with disabled people during the pandemic. The actions of Justin Tomlinson emerged as the Commons women and equalities committee published its report into the […]
The justice secretary has launched a call for evidence on how the criminal justice system is supporting offenders who are autistic or have learning difficulties. The call from Robert Buckland comes six months after the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) […]