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WEBDisabled 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 […]
Labour makes ‘unthinkable’ and ‘exclusionary’ decision to sideline ...
WEB1 day ago · Campaigners have criticised the Labour government’s “hugely disappointing” and “exclusionary” decision to set up a board of experts to examine “economic inactivity” without appointing a single representative of a disabled people’s organisation.
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WEBBy John Pring on 5th September 2024 Category: Transport. Listen. An “eye-opening” report has called for action to address the “inconsistent, unpredictable and sometimes inaccessible services” that disabled bus passengers have to put up with. The report is based on research that aimed to understand the main challenges faced by different
Discrimination court win over UK’s ‘worst’ station for assistance ...
WEB1 day ago · A judge has ordered Network Rail to compensate an access campaigner who was abandoned in a waiting-area after booking assistance at a station known among disabled passengers for providing the country’s worst assisted travel service. Euston, the gateway for services from London to Birmingham ...
Disability justice project hopes to secure support across the country
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Listen. 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 Barnet’s early targets will be to persuade the ...
Evidence mounts of disability benefits white paper’s fatal flaws
WEBSep 5, 2024 · Evidence is mounting that government plans to reform the disability benefits system are fatally flawed. Last week’s Transforming Support white paper appears to be slowly unravelling, with a growing number of serious concerns being raised by disabled activists, politicians, charities and the main union representing Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff.
London Assembly gives unanimous backing to DPO’s call for a …
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Members of the London Assembly have unanimously backed a call for the mayor to take a “strategic” approach to improving the lives of disabled Londoners and appoint a new champion for disability equality across the capital. They voted for a motion that was drawn up by the disabled people’s ...
DWP’s ‘truly shocking’ disability poverty stats are ‘terrible ...
WEBSep 12, 2024 · But she said the figures that now show the scale of that disadvantage were “still shocking”, with the Social Metrics Commission’s report showing that more than 57 per cent of poverty was disability-related in 2021-22. Clifford said: “This is a terrible indictment of a country as rich as Britain, where, over the same two years that the ...
Lib Dem conference: Party pushes for assisted suicide despite …
WEB1 day ago · Legalising assisted suicide is “the next great Liberal reform”, party members have been told, as the Liberal Democrats appear set to try to force through a change in the law in the coming months, despite continuing concerns over safeguards. Despite significant anxiety – raised as an issue by ...
Thousands of disabled people tell government of day-to-day …
WEBSep 5, 2024 · Listen. Thousands of disabled people have told ministers of the significant barriers they face in their daily lives, with only four per cent saying they believe the government provides a “good level of support” to disabled people. A report on the results of the Disability Unit’s UK Disability Survey has analysed the responses of nearly ...