Just 17 peers were willing to support disabled people this week, following disablist comments by both Tories and a Labour member as the Lords rubber-stamped a bill to remove billions of pounds a ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally released excerpts of secret reports that show how its errors contributed to the deaths of universal credit (UC) claimants, just days after ...

The disabled boss of the charity that oversees the Motability car scheme has finally hit back at months of “hostile”, ...

The government has quietly published 12 detailed research reports, nearly all related to disability employment, disability ...

A senior Labour MP has been heavily criticised by disabled activists after telling the prime minister she felt “ashamed” of ...

Disabled peers plan to ‘amend, amend, amend, amend, amend’ after assisted dying bill reaches Lords By John Pring on 26th June 2025 Category: Politics ...

Disabled people have spoken of their anger, frustration and fear – and sense of betrayal by the Labour government – over plans to cut billions of pounds from disability benefits, as they protested ...

Four national disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have told the Covid inquiry that people who receive care and support were “ignored by design” during the pandemic. The inquiry heard on Monday that ...

Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall was on the verge of lying to MPs yesterday as she argued with a disabled MP about misleading comments she made in parliament on disability benefit cuts. Steve ...

Labour’s chair has refused to answer questions about a disabled constituent whose suicide was closely linked to flaws in the personal independence payment (PIP) system, just as her government was ...

Disabled activists have called on the government to scrap its “dangerous” and “disastrous” disability benefits bill, despite forcing ministers into last-minute changes that scrapped all their planned ...

Four disabled Labour MPs stood up to their government’s attempts to reduce vital disability benefits, despite ministers’ chaotic last-ditch concessions to rebels that removed a significant chunk of ...