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Benefits and Poverty

November 23, 2017 0

Watchdog’s report shows impact of years of ‘hostile’ cuts on disabled people

Families which include both a disabled adult and a disabled child have lost more than 13 per cent of their income through seven years of government cuts, according to a new report by the equality watchdog. The report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been seen as “a vindication” of years

Human Rights

Poster with Iain Duncan Smith' in a prison outfit and the word 'guilty'

November 10, 2016

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UN’s conclusion that UK violated disability rights is ‘vindication’ for activists

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Disabled activists who persuaded the United Nations (UN) to investigate serious breaches of rights by the UK government say their four-year journey has been vindicated, after a report concluded there had been “grave or systematic violations” of the UN’s disability convention. Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) – led by its co-founder Debbie Jolly –

Human Rights

June 30, 2016

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Brexit vote: Disabled people seek safe haven in Scotland

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Hundreds or even thousands of disabled people are so alarmed by the idea of Britain leaving the European Union (EU) that they are considering moving to Scotland, information from disabled activists suggests. One disabled campaigner has told Disability News Service (DNS) that she has been contacted personally by 70 disabled people who want to

Activism and Campaigning

March 4, 2016

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New campaign ruffles feathers as it takes aim at ESA ‘dead parrot’

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A new user-led campaign has issued a controversial call to replace out-of-work disability benefits with a new system that recognises that many sick and disabled people cannot find work because of their “reduced productivity”. The Dead Parrot campaign is the latest to call for the government to scrap employment and support allowance (ESA) and

Benefits and Poverty

October 2, 2015

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Disability Rights UK wins contract to teach equality to Maximus

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A national disabled people’s organisation is to provide disability equality training workshops to staff from the controversial US-owned company that won the government contract to assess people’s “fitness for work”. Disability Rights UK (DR UK) will provide training to about 1 600 members of staff employed by the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments

Benefits and Poverty

August 7, 2015

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Loss of woman’s Motability car ‘shows how vicious PIP reforms are’

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A disabled woman has lost the car she relied on to attend vital hospital appointments after the government decided she no longer needed higher level mobility support without bothering to carry out a face-to-face assessment of her needs. Jo Jones (pictured), from Stockport, had her Motability vehicle removed today (Thursday) because of the decision

Benefits and Poverty

July 10, 2015

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Budget: Chancellor’s WRAG decision is ‘misguided’ and ‘cruel’

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Disabled people and their organisations have branded this week’s budget misguided and cruel, and say it will drag many more disabled people into poverty. Their chief target was the chancellor’s decision to remove – from April 2017 – the extra financial support given to new claimants in the work-related activity group (WRAG) of employment

Benefits and Poverty

George Osborne holding the budget red box

July 10, 2015

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Budget: Osborne scraps WRAG as part of £13 billion-a-year benefit cuts

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The government is to slash financial support for hundreds of thousands of disabled people on out-of-work benefits, as part of measures that will cut £13 billion-a-year from the social security budget by 2020-21. The chancellor, George Osborne (pictured), announced in yesterday’s budget that he was scrapping the extra support provided to disabled people found

Politics

June 12, 2015

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Horror over Miller’s ‘fox in a hen-house’ equality appointment

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The prospect of a former Tory minister for disabled people chairing a new Commons select committee on women and equalities has horrified disabled activists. Maria Miller was the first minister for disabled people under the last coalition government, and became a hate figure for the anti-cuts movement during more than two years in the

Benefits and Poverty

March 27, 2015

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Campaigners call for next government to ‘cease firing’ on welfare reform

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Plaid Cymru and the Green party – and a key figure in the SNP – have backed a call from disabled campaigners and carers for an “emergency ceasefire” on major parts of the government’s “fitness for work” regime. They say it is unfair to “continue to threaten sick and disabled people” while politicians are

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