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Ministers have admitted releasing yet more inaccurate information about their secret inquiries into the deaths of benefit claimants. Last year, the Department for Work and Pensions stated, in a Freedom of Information Act (FoI) response, that it did not hold any […]
Four of the seven leading political parties have backed calls for all MPs to have constituency offices that are accessible to disabled people. Despite public announcements professing support for making it easier for disabled people to participate in politics, the Conservatives […]
An MP is to ask ministers why a former senior civil servant had to wait just six months before working for a private sector company on two disability contracts he led on at the Department for Work and Pensions. Disability News […]
Every political party should ensure that its MPs only rent constituency offices that are fully accessible to disabled people campaigners have demanded. They spoke out after a series of Disability News Service reports that revealed three ministers with equalities responsibilities – […]
The architect of the government’s sweeping welfare reforms is facing accusations of hypocrisy, after becoming the third minister with responsibilities for disability equality to be shamed over an inaccessible constituency office. Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has been the […]
A second government minister responsible for promoting equality has been accused of an “unacceptable” failure to run a constituency office that is accessible to disabled people. Last month, the Conservative minister for disabled people, Mark Harper, refused to answer a string […]
The minister for disabled people is facing fresh accusations of hypocrisy after calling on disabled people to take part in a survey on access to sports stadiums despite refusing to answer questions about his own inaccessible constituency office. Mark Harper faced […]
The minister for disabled people has been accused of an “unbelievable” and “very worrying” failure to prove his claim that disability organisations “agree with the government” on its policy to shut the Independent Living Fund (ILF). Mark Harper told MPs last […]
The disability minister has refused to say whether he has taken any measures to remove access barriers that could prevent disabled people visiting his constituency office. Disability News Service (DNS) revealed earlier this month that Mark Harper had been accused of […]
The minister for disabled people has refused to answer a string of potentially embarrassing questions about his inaccessible constituency office. Last week, Disability News Service (DNS) revealed that Mark Harper had been accused of hypocrisy after he called for shops and […]