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New unpublished research has exposed the impact of “shocking and eye-opening” levels of bullying and systematic mistakes on disabled people forced to rely on the universal credit working-age benefits system. Reports from focus groups hosted by Inclusion Scotland in October add […]
Three national disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have attacked the Scottish government over a “sham” process of co-production that has led to a “weak” and “diluted” Disability Equality Plan for Scotland. Disability Equality Scotland, Glasgow Disability Alliance (GDA) and Inclusion Scotland say […]
A new report on the work capability assessment (WCA) has posed crucial questions for the new government on whether to scrap the test or improve it, just four days after Labour came to power in a landslide election victory. The Conservative […]
The Scottish government failed to deliver on the rights of disabled people during the pandemic, even though it wanted to do so, two national disabled people’s organisations have told the UK Covid inquiry. Inclusion Scotland and Disability Rights UK (DR UK) […]
Disabled people were left without protection, written out of key investigations and proper consultation, and had their rights ignored by the UK government during the pandemic, four national disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have told the Covid inquiry. They told the inquiry […]
A disabled activist has begun a judicial review claim against the government that accuses it of misrepresenting controversial plans to reform the work capability assessment (WCA). Ellen Clifford (pictured) said that a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) consultation on the […]
Boris Johnson ordered that plans to protect disabled people from being disproportionately impacted during the second wave of the pandemic should proceed at a “slower time” than other crucial work, the Covid public inquiry has heard. Government documents released to the […]
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have welcomed the Scottish government’s decision to open the Independent Living Fund (ILF) to new claimants for the first time since 2010*. The decision by Scotland’s new first minister, Humza Yousaf – which will only affect disabled […]
The government’s discriminatory response to the pandemic led to disabled people facing a greater risk of death and other harm, the Covid public inquiry has been told by disabled people’s organisations (DPOs). In a statement to a preliminary hearing yesterday (Wednesday), […]
The UK and Scottish governments have been warned of a humanitarian crisis among disabled people this winter if they fail to take “robust, immediate action” to deal with “devastating and intensifying” levels of disability poverty in Scotland. The warning was issued […]