Minister appears unprepared for impact of ‘no deal’ Brexit on social care
The health and social care secretary appears to have accidentally confessed to having no plans…
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Welsh government’s independent living decision ‘threatens support of hundreds’
The Welsh government’s decision to close its independent living grant scheme and pass the funding…
Ministers quietly drop plans for ‘parallel process’ on working-age social care
Ministers have quietly decided to include the support needs of working-age disabled people in their…
Project DRILLs down into social isolation of young people with learning difficulties
Young people with learning difficulties are at risk of “significant social isolation”, with the risk…
Disabled peers raise fresh alarm over Brexit rights
Two disabled peers have called on the government to ensure that the rights of disabled…
Equality watchdog seeks legal advice on possible right to independent living
The equality watchdog has asked a barrister to examine whether there needs to be a…
Conference plans fightback against independent living ‘catastrophe’
Disabled campaigners have gathered at a conference to help develop plans for a fightback against…
Pub discrimination leads one year later to Disability Pride
A woman whose daughter was thrown out of a pub because she was disabled is…
Disabled people must ‘take initiative’ in fight to keep rights after Brexit
Disabled people and their organisations must “take the initiative” and fight to keep the laws…
Abrahams ‘uninvites’ DPO… because it wanted to talk about independent living
Labour’s relationship with the disability movement has suffered another blow after the party invited a…