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 ...

Two disabled campaigners whose brothers’ deaths were closely linked to the actions of the outsourcing company Atos have welcomed the announcement that its 20 years of carrying out disability ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The new House of Commons looks set for a small increase in its disability representation, with at least three new disabled MPs winning seats in last week’s general election. Of the 650 MPs elected ...

Fresh evidence that disabled people are being subjected to disability hate crimes as a result of so-called benefit scrounger rhetoric has emerged from a pioneering survey by a campaigner and author.

Parents with learning difficulties in England are more than 50 times more likely to have their child taken into care than other parents, an investigation has found. Channel 5 News worked closely with ...

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, ...

A disabled lawyer who has taken scores of important disability discrimination cases has spoken of his regret after his law firm was forced to close because its credit facility was suddenly withdrawn.

Disabled people across England are continuing to face unlawful discrimination and inequality on an “unparalleled” scale due to “unjust” social care charging policies, according to “deeply concerning” ...

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 ...