Disabled campaigners are set to meet with the CEO of Motability Operations, after calling out how the programme of proposed changes to the scheme will profoundly impact disabled people’s lives @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disabled-cam...

The government is now making disabled people wait until 2029 for more 'recommendations' on inaccessible transport. Meg Barnett from @transportforall.org.uk says the new strategy "doesn't deal with the real issue". www.disabilitynewsservice.com/the-governme...

The Labour government has told a parliamentary inquiry that clearance time for new personal independence payment (PIP) claims has not “exceeded” 16 weeks in more than three years, just as new departmental data has shown waits reach 20 weeks. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-tells-in...

The disability minister has once again ducked questions on the Department for Work and Pensions' covert programme of cuts to the Access to Work disability employment scheme. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/timms-contin...

A third of terminally ill people living in the most deprived parts of England and Wales are not claiming benefits they’re entitled to in the final 12 months of life. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/one-in-three...

Disabled activists have explained why they needed their voices to be heard in Saturday’s historic mass march against the far-right through the streets of central London. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disabled-peo...

New research shows young people “not in education, employment, or training” (NEET) living with mental health or "behavioural conditions" are disproportionately likely to have been hospitalised vs their peers living with other chronic health conditions. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/tens-of-thou...

Disabled campaigners are hoping to take legal action over government cuts to the Access to Work scheme, a campaign event has heard. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/government-c...

A disabled actor has accused the #Motability scheme of putting young disabled people’s freedom at risk and taking away their choice and control by forcing them to sign up to an “offensive” new system that monitors how they drive. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/actor-says-m...

The government is to push ahead with its delayed plans to force large employers to report on the size of their disability pay gap. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ministers-to...

People with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress or trauma are often being re-traumatised by talking to the media about deeply personal experiences, a new report has found. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/media-must-r...

New government research has highlighted the small impact on their job chances of voluntary support provided to disabled people assessed as not fit for work, days before ministers prepare to use it as an excuse to slash their benefits. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/research-hig...

Self-employed disabled people who seek support through the government’s Access to Work scheme are facing delays of up to 19 months for a decision on their claim, months longer than MPs were told in a Commons meeting earlier this month. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/self-employe...

Many disabled people are “suffering intensely” and face the threat of destitution because they cannot meet the government’s deadline for moving onto universal credit from their existing “legacy” benefits, campaigners have warned a minister. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/claimants-fa...

Actor says Motability’s ‘offensive’ black box scheme discriminates against young disabled people #Motability www.disabilitynewsservice.com/actor-says-m...

Ministers to push ahead on disability pay gap reporting, while Tories describe plans as ‘grievance-mongering’ #DisabilityPayGap www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ministers-to...

Ministers to push ahead on disability pay gap reporting, while Tories describe plans as ‘grievance-mongering’ #DisabilityPayGap www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ministers-to...

Media must reconsider its approach to engaging with people with lived experience, says report @nsunnews.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/media-must-r...

Research highlights small jobs impact of extra DWP support, just as ministers use it to justify cuts #DWP #UniversalCredit www.disabilitynewsservice.com/research-hig...

Self-employed disabled people face waiting up to 19 months for Access to Work decisions, evidence shows #AccessToWork #DWP @accesstoworkcol.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/self-employe...

Claimants face ‘destitution’ over failure of universal credit migration safeguards, letter warns minister #ESA #UniversalCredit www.disabilitynewsservice.com/claimants-fa...

The Department for Work and Pensions is now telling disabled people who need support through the Access to Work scheme that it could take 37 weeks to make a decision on their application, senior civil servants have told MPs. #AccessToWork #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-access-t...

An MP has called for action to “turn the tide of public attitudes towards disabled people”, and to empower young disabled people, after revealing the “anguish” she was caused by an eating disorder as a teenager. #InternationalWomensDay www.disabilitynewsservice.com/damaging-att...

Emails sent by Department for Work and Pensions communications staff reveal how they have grown increasingly frustrated at attempts to hold their bosses to account for years of deaths linked to their treatment of disabled benefit claimants. #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/secret-email...

The government appears to be gearing up for fresh cuts and “radical” reforms that will increase the pressure on young disabled people to move off out-of-work disability benefits. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/mcfaddens-sp...

The Department for Work and Pensions has refused to release all but a few words from scores of emails discussing its role in the deaths of hundreds, and probably thousands, of disabled benefit claimants. #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-hides-sc...

A tribunal has ordered the Department for Work and Pensions to release a report that describes the impact of its errors on disabled benefit claimants, following a three-year fight to keep the document secret. #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/tribunal-dis...

The vote by MSPs that defeated the latest attempt to legalise assisted suicide in Scotland has provided “new impetus” for those challenging the introduction of similar laws in England and Wales, disabled activists believe. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/scottish-vot...

Scottish vote against assisted suicide provides ‘new impetus’ for opponents of Westminster bill #AssistedSuicide #AssistedDying www.disabilitynewsservice.com/scottish-vot...

New Access to Work applicants being told they could have to wait 37 weeks for decision, MPs hear #AccessToWork #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-access-t...

Damaging attitudes to disability still common, says disabled MP @marietidball.bsky.social, decades after eating disorder ‘anguish’ www.disabilitynewsservice.com/damaging-att...

Secret emails reveal #DWP frustration at attempts to hold bosses to account for years of deaths www.disabilitynewsservice.com/secret-email...

DWP hides scores of emails that discussed its role in claimant deaths #DWP #BenefitDeaths #RightOfAccessRequest www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-hides-sc...

McFadden’s speech suggests ministers are set to renew efforts to pressure young disabled people into work #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/mcfaddens-sp...

Tribunal dismisses #DWP appeal and tells it to release ‘worst case scenario’ report on claimant errors #BenefitDeaths #InformationRightsTribunal #FreedomOfInformation www.disabilitynewsservice.com/tribunal-dis...

New research commissioned by a Deaf-led charity has found that nearly all users of British Sign Language (BSL) would rather watch TV programmes created in BSL rather than those featuring an interpreter in the corner of the screen. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/research-fin...

Peers have approved a government amendment that will strengthen disability hate crime laws, but disabled campaigners say there must still be a “total overhaul” of legislation. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/peers-back-s...

Disabled people and their organisations can push back against the rise of the far-right by joining a mass demonstration in London later this month – or by taking part in the protest online – say disability rights activists. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/call-for-dis...

November’s changes to the Motability car scheme – including tax rises introduced by the government – are already restricting disabled people’s freedom to travel, according to a letter signed by 70 disabled people’s organisations and allies. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/motability-c...

A disabled peer has used a debate celebrating International Women’s Day to highlight how a disabled woman was placed in a nursing home against her will after treatment for pneumonia, rather than being returned to her own home. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/peer-warns-o...

The prime minister has excluded disabled people from a new forum he has set up to “bring civil society into the heart of government decision‑making”, evidence suggests. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/prime-minist...

Ministers are facing questions over why the Department for Work and Pensions is using a screening process to filter out potential recruits with health conditions while repeatedly complaining that too many disabled and older people are not in jobs. #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/concern-over...

Research finds nearly all BSL-users prefer ‘authentic #BSL content’ to in-vision interpreters www.disabilitynewsservice.com/research-fin...

Peers back stronger hate crime laws, but disabled campaigners call for ‘total overhaul’ of legislation www.disabilitynewsservice.com/peers-back-s...

Call for disabled people to join mass demonstration to unite against rise of far-right www.disabilitynewsservice.com/call-for-dis...

Motability changes are already restricting disabled people’s freedom to travel, minister is warned www.disabilitynewsservice.com/motability-c...

Peer warns of ‘backward slide to dependency’ after disabled woman’s forced move to nursing home www.disabilitynewsservice.com/peer-warns-o...

Prime minister has excluded disabled people from new civil society forum, evidence suggests www.disabilitynewsservice.com/prime-minist...

Concern over ‘Fit4Jobs’ questionnaire that filters out #DWP recruits with health conditions www.disabilitynewsservice.com/concern-over...

A government-owned train company has had to promise to make significant improvements to the disability awareness training of its station staff after a regulator discovered it had been failing to fulfil its legal obligations for more than four years. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/government-o...