General Election 2017: Tory mental health plans greeted with accusations of ‘hypocrisy’
Two user-led groups have accused the Conservative party of “hypocrisy” after it promised to end…
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Activists bring ‘no more benefit deaths’ message to Westminster
Disabled activists have explained why they took to the streets around parliament to protest at…
Billions of pounds of PIP cuts ‘will put lives at risk’
The announcement of billions of pounds of cuts to the government’s new disability benefit is…
Questions over DWP’s further medical evidence pilot secrecy
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing questions over why it failed to…
Activists mourn Robert Dellar, co-founder of Mad Pride and a ‘tenacious force for good’
Mental health activists are mourning the loss of Robert Dellar, a “tenacious force for good…
Mind faces boycott call after policy and campaigns manager joins DWP
Disabled activists have called for a boycott of the mental health charity Mind, and called…
New money for ‘places of safety’, but ‘more must be done’ to stop discrimination
Disabled activists have welcomed government plans to reduce the use of police cells as temporary…
Inquiry finds hundreds died ‘non-natural’ deaths following detention
Disabled activists have backed the findings of a major inquiry that concluded that serious flaws…