Ministers’ ‘shocking’ failure to consult DPOs on bill shows UN convention ignorance
The government is facing calls to halt the progress of its mental capacity bill through…
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DPOs to write to minister over exclusion from social care meeting
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are to write to the care minister to protest at her…
Watchdog’s inquiry into accessible housing shortage ‘must also look at affordability’
An inquiry launched by the equality and human rights watchdog into the “chronic lack” of…
Councils’ funding cut would be ‘massive blow’, say London DPOs
Vital funding used to enable disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) in London to survive and thrive…
DWP silence over figures that would reveal scale of Access to Work cuts
The government is refusing to release figures that would reveal how many disabled people have…
Disability rights under attack: Rights ‘are regressing in every area’, says leading DPO
Disabled people’s rights are regressing in every area of their lives, while the government has…
Assisted suicide safeguards will not be water-tight, admits Shakespeare
One of the leading disabled supporters of legalising assisted suicide has encouraged opponents by appearing…
ROFA conference: Alliance secures backing for national role, as bells toll for UKDPC
Many of the country’s leading disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have backed calls for a new,…
Access to Work: Plan for new cap on awards ‘is huge concern’
Government plans to restrict how much support any individual can receive through the Access to…