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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 […]
A national disabled people’s organisation has called on the government to halt next year’s planned roll-out of its new disability benefit, following the publication of a critical independent review. The first review of personal independence payment (PIP), by former civil servant […]
The minister for disabled people is facing awkward questions over why he has delayed responding to concerns about the government’s pledge to close an inaccessible assessment centre. Mike Penning promised in June that the government would shut the centre used by […]
The minister for disabled people has been accused of hypocrisy after he called for shops and restaurants across the country to improve their access, even though his own high street constituency office is inaccessible to wheelchair-users. Mark Harper is Conservative MP […]
The minister for disabled people is facing accusations that he misled parliament over the level of support for the government’s decision to close the Independent Living Fund (ILF). Mark Harper told MPs this week that he had “talked to disability organisations […]
Disabled activists have condemned the government’s latest refusal to order a major reform of its controversial “fitness for work” assessment. Four months ago, the Commons work and pensions select committee called for “fundamental redesign” of the much-criticised process used to determine […]
A Deaf advice worker could lose her job because of a “ridiculous” ruling by Access to Work advisers, who rejected her application because they claimed the interpreters who helped her communicate with clients were “doing the work” for her. Lottie Powell […]
A disabled planning consultant has described how he is only able to claim vital support from the government’s Access to Work scheme for one year out of every two, because of “nonsense” cost-cutting rules introduced by the coalition. Philip Barton raised […]