The government has dismissed pleas by disabled peers for ministers to introduce a national strategy to address the “untenable” state of wheelchair and community equipment services. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/minister-rej...

Disabled campaigners have dismissed a watchdog’s “misleading” new league table that claims to show the best performers in assisting disabled rail passengers. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/watchdogs-le...

The government’s housing and regeneration agency has failed to explain why its new five-year strategy fails to mention disabled people, or the need to address the accessible housing crisis. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/governments-...

The Labour peer trying to steer the assisted suicide bill through the Lords has rejected attempts to remove eligibility from disabled people who are homeless, in prison or pregnant, and from many young disabled people. #AssistedDying #AssistedSuicide www.disabilitynewsservice.com/falconer-dis...

The much-anticipated disability rights plan for Wales has left it to the next Welsh government to come up with a strategy to tackle the long-term barriers disabled people face in their daily lives. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/welsh-govern...

Labour ministers considered the possibility of means-testing personal independence payment last year, but then ruled out the option, the Department for Work and Pensions has admitted. #DWP #PIP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labour-minis...

The information commissioner has dismissed attempts by the Department for Work and Pensions to describe a disabled journalist as “vengeful” and “vexatious” after he tried to obtain information about its years of safeguarding failings. #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/watchdog-dis...

The Labour government has been accused of a “truly horrifying” betrayal of disabled people after slashing an accessible housing target proposed by the last Conservative government. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labour-accus...

Watchdog’s league table on rail passenger assistance is ‘misleading’, say accessible transport campaigners @abcommuters.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/watchdogs-le...

Minister rejects pleas from disabled peers for national wheelchair and equipment strategy @salbrinton.bsky.social #WheelchairServices #CommunityEquipment www.disabilitynewsservice.com/minister-rej...

Minister rejects pleas from disabled peers for national wheelchair and equipment strategy @salbrinton.bsky.social #WheelchairServices #CommunityEquipment www.disabilitynewsservice.com/minister-rej...

Watchdog’s league table on rail passenger assistance is ‘misleading’, say accessible transport campaigners @abcommuters.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/watchdogs-le...

Government’s housing agency fails to mention accessible homes in new five-year strategy www.disabilitynewsservice.com/governments-...

Falconer dismisses attempts to protect four groups of disabled people in assisted dying bill #AssistedDying #AssistedSuicide www.disabilitynewsservice.com/falconer-dis...

Welsh government publishes 10-year plan for disability rights… but fails to include any long-term policies www.disabilitynewsservice.com/welsh-govern...

Labour ministers considered means-testing #PIP, but later ruled it out, watchdog’s report shows #FOIA #Labour #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labour-minis...

Watchdog dismisses DWP’s description of disabled editor as ‘vengeful’ and ‘vexatious’ for asking to see deaths email @plutopress.bsky.social #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/watchdog-dis...

Labour accused of ‘horrifying’ betrayal of disabled people after slashing Tory accessible housing target @disrightsuk.bsky.social @inclusionlondon.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labour-accus...

Hundreds, or even thousands, of service-users in Kent should benefit from a legal case taken by a disabled woman who spent years over-paying care charges because the county council failed to tell her about crucial rules. #MakeCareFair #SocialCare www.disabilitynewsservice.com/thousands-of...

The Scottish and UK governments are both failing to uphold the rights of disabled people in key areas, according to an annual report by Scotland’s human rights watchdog. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/scottish-and...

A statutory duty in the new railways bill to ensure ministers and public bodies promote the needs of disabled passengers is “too vague” and must be strengthened as the legislation passes through parliament, MPs have been told. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/duty-to-disa...

Peers have been urged to “err on the side of caution” and raise the minimum age limit for an assisted death from 18 to 25, as part of a controversial bill that aims to legalise the practice. #AssistedSuicide #AssistedDying www.disabilitynewsservice.com/peers-urged-...

The disability minister has refused to apologise after misleading MPs about concerns over nearly £2 billion in new cuts to disability benefits. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/minister-mis...

The work and pensions secretary has bragged about cutting disabled people’s support, 3 days after launching a child poverty strategy which warned more than a million children in families where someone was disabled were living in “deep material poverty” www.disabilitynewsservice.com/mcfadden-bra...

Thousands of disabled people in one county should benefit from care charging legal case victory #CareCharges #MakeCareFair @inclusionlondon.bsky.social @goldjenningsltd.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/thousands-of...

Scottish and UK governments are failing to uphold disability rights, says watchdog www.disabilitynewsservice.com/scottish-and...

Peers urged to ‘err on the side of caution’ and raise minimum age limit in assisted suicide bill #AssistedSuicide #AssistedDying www.disabilitynewsservice.com/peers-urged-...

Duty to disabled passengers in railways bill is ‘too vague’ and must be strengthened, MPs are told #RailwaysBill #GreatBritishRailways @transportforall.org.uk www.disabilitynewsservice.com/duty-to-disa...

Minister misleads MPs as mystery deepens over new £2 billion cuts to disability benefits #DWP #Budget2025 #BenefitCuts www.disabilitynewsservice.com/minister-mis...

McFadden brags about cutting disability benefits, just as his own child poverty strategy warns of ‘deep material poverty’ #ChildPoverty #UniversalCredit @patmcfaddenmp.bsky.social @debbieabrahamsmp.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/mcfadden-bra...

Thanks to Arifa Akbar for her powerful review of Museum of Austerity in the @theguardian.com: "This material should be front and centre so that those who still talk about 'benefits cheats' are forced to encounter it." Showing at The Young Vic theatre until 16 Jan www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/d...

Please ask your MP to see 'Museum of Austerity' at the @youngvictheatre. With more cuts to disability benefits ahead, the mixed reality installation is a reminder of how government austerity kills disabled people. The theatre is just a brisk walk from parliament. www.youngvic.org/whats-on/mus...

Years of scapegoating rhetoric and politicians casting disabled people as “scroungers” have reinforced prejudices about the blue badge parking scheme and led to “envy and resentment” instead of equal access, according to a four-year research project. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/years-of-sca...

Deaf people who use British Sign Language face “entrenched” and “systemic” exclusion from health and social care services across Britain, according to a new report by government advisers. #BSL #Deaf #Deafblind www.disabilitynewsservice.com/deaf-people-...

The national body for disabled people’s organisations in Wales has issued five major demands to political parties ahead of next spring’s elections to the Welsh Senedd. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/manifesto-ca...

The government’s “independent” spending watchdog has refused to explain why it removed figures from its crucial budget forecast report that proved spending on social security is not spiralling out of control. #OBR #Treasury #Budget25 www.disabilitynewsservice.com/watchdogs-si...

Ministers have been forced to admit that the proportion of Access to Work claims they are rejecting has leapt by more than a fifth this year, with disabled campaigners describing the figures as “unacceptable” and “clearly worrying”. #DWP #AccessToWork www.disabilitynewsservice.com/unacceptable...

The government has refused to explain the impact that last week’s budget will have on disabled people who receive benefits, despite repeated requests for clarity over cuts of up to £580 million a year. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-and-trea...

Years of scapegoating rhetoric has led to ‘envy and resentment’ of those with blue badges, research finds #BlueBadge #Motability #DisabilityHateCrime www.disabilitynewsservice.com/years-of-sca...

Deaf people who use BSL face ‘entrenched’ health and social care exclusion, say government advisers #BSL #Deaf #Deafblind www.disabilitynewsservice.com/deaf-people-...

Manifesto calls on next Welsh government to enable disabled people to ‘flourish and thrive’ @disabilitywales.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/manifesto-ca...

Watchdog’s silence after removing figures that showed social security spending is not ‘spiralling’ #OBR #Budget25 #Treasury www.disabilitynewsservice.com/watchdogs-si...

‘Unacceptable’ new figures show rejections of Access to Work claims have shot up this year #AccessToWork #DWP @accesstoworkcol.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/unacceptable...

DWP and Treasury silent over mystery of £2 billion cuts to disability benefits #DWP #Treasury #Budget25 www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-and-trea...

The Conservative government failed to ensure that vital information was provided to Deaf and disabled people in an accessible format in the early stages of the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has concluded. #Covid #CovidInquiry www.disabilitynewsservice.com/uk-governmen...

Three disabled peers have called on the House of Lords to make it harder for disabled people to be “coerced” or subjected to “undue influence” before requesting an assisted suicide, through measures in a controversial bill. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disabled-pee...

A report by the Covid inquiry into political decision-making during the pandemic proves that the “horrific” and disproportionate death toll among disabled people was not inevitable but the result of treating them as an “afterthought”, say campaigners. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/inquiry-repo...

The Department for Work and Pensions has claimed “an issue” with data is preventing it releasing figures that would show just how many disabled people have been affected by cuts to the Access to Work disability employment programme. #DWP #AccessToWork www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-failure-...

The Conservative govt repeatedly failed to take action to protect disabled people in the early months of the pandemic, even though their risk of dying was twice as high as non-disabled people, according to a key #Covid inquiry report. #CovidInquiry www.disabilitynewsservice.com/tory-governm...

“Devastating” and “punitive” tax changes to the #Motability scheme that will add hundreds of pounds to upfront payments to lease cars are “baffling” and “unjust” and threaten to “lock disabled people out of daily life”, say campaigners. #Budget2025 www.disabilitynewsservice.com/budgets-mota...