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WEB12th September 2024. A disabled people’s organisation is hoping its new disability justice project will draw support from across the country and create change in both government policy and public attitudes, as well as addressing the sense of “inevitability” around disability poverty. One of Inclusion […]
Ministers could merge disability benefits and want to cut future ...
WEBSep 26, 2024 · Ministers are considering measures to cut rising spending on disability benefits, and the possibility of merging personal independence payment with universal credit, a new government green paper ha…
New charter calls for ‘bold’ action from government on disability ...
WEBSep 26, 2024 · Disabled people’s organisations and allies have joined together to issue a series of demands to the government that they believe would help to end employment discrimination against disabled people. The new Disability Employment Charter makes demands of the government in nine key areas in a bid to address the widespread disadvantage disabled people face in their working lives. Among the calls ...
Disabled activist seeks to lead union, and promises to fight ...
WEB11 hours ago · A disabled journalist has called on the trade union movement to do more for disability rights and has promised to fight discrimination across the media, if she is elected to be the next leader of h…
Government ‘was slapdash and chaotic’ in response to requests for ...
WEB11 hours ago · The new government has been accused of a “slapdash and chaotic” response to a request from disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) to provide a vital consultation document on planning policy in acce…
Access to Work in crisis as figures show ‘massive’ waiting-list
WEBSep 26, 2024 · The government’s Access to Work (AtW) scheme is in crisis, with new figures showing the number of disabled people waiting for decisions on their applications has more than quadrupled in a year. By 22 March, there were 20,909 disabled people waiting for a decision on their claim for support through the disability employment programme, compared ...
Last Tory minister for disabled people dodges questions on fatal …
WEB10 hours ago · The last Conservative minister for disabled people has dodged questions on whether her government failed to address flaws in the universal credit system that led to the deaths of disabled claimants…
Care charges mean disabled people are facing unlawful …
WEBSep 26, 2024 · Disabled people across England are continuing to face unlawful discrimination and inequality on an “unparalleled” scale due to “unjust” social care charging policies, according to “deeply concerning” new research. The research by disabled people’s organisation Disability Law Service (DLS)* suggests that the proportion of disabled adults who are being charged for their non ...
Fresh DWP fears after Kendall helps launch report that calls for …
WEBSep 26, 2024 · Comments by new work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall, and her support for a controversial report, suggest she wants to increase pressure on disabled people to move off benefits and into work, while disregarding risks to their health. Kendall announced this week that she wanted the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to move from being “a department for welfare” to becoming “a ...
‘Deep concern’ over government’s disability benefits green …
WEBSep 19, 2024 · The big disability charities have so far remained silent about the suggestion of cuts and moves to a single benefit in last week’s health and disability green paper, Shaping Future Support, which was published just as MPs were about to start their long summer recess. Disability News Service has yet to see any evidence that the big charities ...