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Ministers have sat on research for three years that linked the sharp increase in claims for disability benefits with a deterioration in disabled people’s health, an increase in the financial hardship they were facing, and their need for independence. Successive governments […]
Disabled campaigners and allies have accused the government of “betrayal” after it dropped plans to put accessibility at the heart of rail reforms from a hugely important public consultation. In a letter to transport secretary Heidi Alexander, they warn that current […]
Labour appears to have dropped the Conservative government’s pledge to place accessibility right at the heart of the new national body that will run the railways. Concerns were raised by The Association of British Commuters (ABC) when this week’s consultation on […]
The prime minister has failed to produce any evidence to back up “baseless” and “poisonous” claims in a newspaper article that large numbers of young disabled people are pretending they are not fit enough to work. Sir Keir Starmer made the […]
Disabled campaigners have raised serious concerns about the fairness of the committee of MPs that is carrying out detailed examination of a bill to legalise assisted suicide, after it prevented any disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) from giving evidence in person. The […]
Disabled activists have questioned the “draconian” conclusions of a Lords committee that has told the government to impose stricter conditions, more assessments, and a more “rigorous” work capability assessment on claimants of out-of-work disability benefits. The calls by the economic affairs […]
Disabled activists have questioned why a Labour-run department was in the high court this week defending cuts proposed by the last government which would cause “human suffering” among hundreds of thousands of claimants of out-of-work disability benefits. They spoke during a […]
Disabled activists have pledged to continue the fight against the legalisation of assisted suicide, despite MPs voting comfortably in favour of a bill that would allow it to be introduced in England and Wales. The vote, by 330 MPs in favour […]
The decision of MPs to vote in favour of legalising assisted suicide will make it harder to find the time and resources to campaign on many other crucial disability rights issues over the next six months, disabled activists have warned. Many […]
Disabled people and their organisations have pointed to “fundamental” and “very concerning” flaws in the government’s “hand-me-down” employment support white paper. The long-awaited Get Britain Working white paper was launched by work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall on Tuesday, and includes […]