Disability News Service

Government adviser on health, disability and work warns against Equality Act crackdown on employers

The business leader heading the government’s efforts to keep ill and disabled people in work has suggested to MPs that he ...
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Disabled students still face barriers, research finds, just as ministers prepare to publish SEND white paper

Disabled young people in the UK still face barriers that stop them taking part in school, college and university on an equal ...
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Government’s focus is on ‘punishing’ young disabled people rather than supporting them, activists fear

Activists have told an inquiry they fear the government is focusing its attention on “punishing” young disabled people for their needs and challenges, rather than ensuring they receive the support ...
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DWP is forcing distressed claimants to attend weekly meetings, says whistleblower

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 ...
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Second wave of cuts could lead to ‘decimation’ of Access to Work scheme, but DWP refuses to comment

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 ...
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GB News says it has nothing to apologise for, after guest suggests starving disabled benefit claimants

A British news channel has said it has nothing to apologise for after a right-wing commentator and comedian suggested the best way to cut the number of disabled people claiming benefits was to starve, ...
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‘Devastating’ dossier shows DWP is in ‘state of crisis’

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is a failing organisation in a “state of crisis” and faces a “near collapse” of its benefits systems, according to a “devastating” dossier of evidence from ...
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Fresh DWP fears after Kendall helps launch report that calls for ‘duty to engage’ and cuts to disability benefits

Comments by new work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall, and her support for a controversial report, suggest she wants to increase pressure on disabled people to move off benefits and into work, while ...
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Advice and information

This page is a work in progress – it is intended to provide contact details for some of the organisations that can provide free advice and support to disabled people, on issues such as benefits, ...
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DWP silent over whether Sunak was wrong to say PIP was being exploited, as fraud falls to zero

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 ...
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Government’s ‘milestone’ disability jobs stats ‘are meaningless when it comes to equality’

New government figures that show an increase of 1.3 million in the number of disabled people in work since 2017 are “meaningless” when it comes to the inequality disabled people face in the jobs ...
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Not one electric vehicle public charging point across the UK meets government’s accessibility standard, say MPs

There is not a single public charging point for electric vehicles across the whole of the UK that meets the government’s own accessibility standard, a report by a committee of MPs has found. The ...