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A disabled woman has been prevented by a council from describing to a public meeting how its “inhumane” and “unjust” care charging policies will strip more than £100 a week from her benefits. Hannahlisa* was part of a two-person delegation from […]
Two ministers failed to respond when a disabled people’s organisation warned at the start of the pandemic that new government guidance would not be enough to protect care home residents, the Covid public inquiry has heard. Disability Rights UK (DR UK) […]
The number of prosecutions of disability hate crime offences has slumped yet again, despite both the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and police chiefs admitting last year that their performance was not good enough and must improve. Last year, CPS hate crime […]
A user-led campaign group has welcomed a “timely and important” new report that shows disabled people are caught in a financial “disability trap” because of the extra costs they face, and their problems accessing work, benefits and essential services. The Disability […]
The UK government has been accused of showing contempt for disabled people after it refused to give evidence on its progress since being found guilty of “grave and systematic” violations of the UN’s disability convention seven years ago. The government has told […]
Neighbours are by far the most frequent perpetrators of disability hate crime in London, a new report by a disabled people’s organisation has found. The report by Inclusion London found that neighbours accounted for more than half of the cases examined […]
The minister for disabled people has launched a new “disability action plan” that he claims will “help transform disabled people’s everyday lives for the better”, but which includes no new spending commitments or promised legislation. Tom Pursglove said his draft Disability […]
A high court judge has criticised a council for taking an “extraordinary” approach to calculating an autistic man’s care charges, which placed too much emphasis on costs and not enough on his right to live independently. The judge has ruled (PDF) […]
New guidance that stresses that employers are allowed to reserve jobs for disabled people should help narrow the disability employment gap, say the disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) that asked for the legal advice to be published. Inclusion Barnet’s chief executive, Caroline […]
Government support for disabled people in dealing with the extra costs they face has “barely scratched the surface” of their needs, a disabled MP has told a House of Commons debate. Labour’s Marsha de Cordova told fellow MPs on Monday that […]