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Labour MPs have voted to impose £2 billion-a-year cuts on disabled people who cannot work, despite a last-minute intervention ...
A UN committee of disabled experts has told the government that its new benefit cuts bill appears to be a fresh attack on ...
There is a race against time to force the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to release vital evidence about flaws in the ...
Inclusive education campaigners have called for a “complete shift in thinking” on how disabled children and young people are ...
A minister ignored concerns about proposed benefit cuts that were raised in a meeting by his own network of disability ...
Disabled campaigners have expressed their frustration with ministers after they imposed a “pause” on the most dangerous types ...
A new report – co-produced with a disabled people’s organisation – has suggested five “big ideas” that could transform ...
A disabled journalist has said she hopes her new book detailing the history of disability activism will show other disabled ...
“Heartless” government reforms that will eventually scrap the “fitness for work” assessment “defy logic” and pose significant risks to sick and disabled people who cannot work, say activists who have ...
The Labour government has launched a new cost-cutting drive aimed at Access to Work, which insiders fear could destroy the scheme and lead to disabled people being forced to quit their jobs. Leaked ...
Healthcare professionals who carry out face-to-face assessments of benefit claimants have lied, ignored written evidence and dishonestly reported the results of physical examinations, according to a ...
The minister for social security has admitted there are serious safety concerns with universal credit, following coroners’ reports that linked the working-age benefits system with the suicides of two ...