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Disabled people’s organisations have expressed their “grave concern” over the government’s “utterly reckless” decision to lift most of the remaining COVID-19 rules in England from 19 July. The move from “rules and regulations” to “guidance and good sense” – although final […]
The government is facing fresh accusations of disability discrimination, after apparently banning people who are “clinically extremely vulnerable” to COVID-19 from attending all nine of its sports, cultural and business “test” events. The nine events are taking place over the next […]
Disabled people have highlighted gaps in social security support, flaws in the shielding system and worries about access to vaccines, after they were asked to describe their concerns as England entered its third national coronavirus lockdown*. They raised scores of different […]
The government has treated disabled people who are at particular risk from coronavirus as an afterthought as the country heads into lockdown, just as it did in the early weeks of the pandemic, say campaigners. Disabled campaigners spoke out yesterday as […]
Disabled campaigners have expressed outrage at the boss of a fast-food chain – and its PR agency – after he said he would prefer to sacrifice “a few thousand lives of very old or vulnerable people” rather than having another national […]
New user-led research has highlighted how the coronavirus crisis has entrenched social isolation among many disabled people. More than three-fifths (61 per cent) of the disabled people questioned by disAbility Cornwall & Isles of Scilly (DCIS) said they felt socially isolated, […]
Disabled people have attacked the government’s decision to start lifting the lockdown that has been in place since March, and have warned that some people with long-term health conditions could pay for that move with their lives. The prime minister, Boris […]