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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 ...
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 ...
A Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) whistleblower has warned that harsh new policies that are forcing more disabled people to attend weekly face-to-face jobcentre meetings could lead to benefit ...
About 1,600 working-age disabled people are dying every year after having their claim for disability benefits rejected, the government has been forced to admit. The Department for Work and Pensions ...
Shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves has caused outrage among disabled activists after declaring in an interview that Labour was “not the party of people on benefits”. In an interview i… ...
Disabled campaigners are calling on the government to do more to ensure that public charging-points for electric vehicles are accessible to drivers with access needs. Last week, a House of Lords ...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to say if the prime minister was wrong to suggest that disability benefits were being misused and exploited, after new official figures showed ...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally admitted that it carried out more than 30 secret reviews last year into cases of serious harm or deaths involving someone receiving universal ...