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Official figures showing how many disabled people are dying due to coronavirus will finally be published next month, Disability News Service (DNS) can reveal. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has told DNS that it recognises the importance of providing the […]
Striking – but unexplained – new official figures show there has been a large fall over the last year in the proportion of disabled people who are unemployed. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show that the percentage of disabled […]
Members of a House of Lords committee examining the impact of the Equality Act 2010 have visited a user-led organisation to hear from disabled people on how the legislation has affected their day-to-day lives. Six members of the committee – including […]
A local disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has succeeded in fending off a national charity that was trying to use its financial might to take over a contract to provide support to users of direct payments. The future of Real in Tower […]