Labour MP told to quit influential post after ‘offensive’ minimum wage call
Disabled activists have called for a Labour MP to resign as chair of the Commons…
Browsing: Lord Freud
DWP secrecy over benefit-related suicides
Civil servants have refused to release information that would show how many secret reviews the…
Disabled peers lead fresh efforts to halt ‘offensive’ WRAG cut
Three disabled peers have led fresh efforts to halt government plans to cut £1, 500…
Disabled peers inflict heavy defeat as government loses its WRAG cuts
The government has suffered a crushing defeat in the House of Lords over its plans…
DWP refuses to back down over annual disability employment report
A disabled peer has failed to persuade the government to publish an annual report on…
Disabled people are falling through holes in local welfare safety net, warn MPs
A committee of MPs has called on the government to stop local authorities discriminating against…
WRAG cut ‘could harm health and damage work prospects’
Government plans to cut support for many disabled people on out-of-work benefits could harm their…
No promises from minister on benefit cuts for disabled people
A minister has refused to promise that the government will protect disabled people from further…
Government cuts ‘could see disabled people slide back to the bad old days’
Government policies on social care, health and benefits risk sending disabled people sliding back to…
Halfon joins cabinet, while former disability minister will oversee care reforms
David Cameron’s new government will include a campaigning disabled MP and a former minister for…