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Tories refuse to provide any details of Whately’s ‘landmark review of sickness and disability benefits’
The Conservative party is refusing to provide any details of its review of disability benefits, including who is carrying it out, and what attempts it will make to engage with disabled people. Despite repeated requests from Disability News Service (DNS), the party […]
Disabled MP stays silent over key concerns as she says she will co-sponsor assisted dying bill
A disabled MP has announced that she will co-sponsor an assisted suicide bill as it returns to parliament, despite the strong objections of the disability movement to the proposed legislation. Dr Marie Tidball (pictured) was a prominent supporter of the terminally ill […]
Baroness Casey confirms her social care commission is examining impact of free social care
The former civil servant leading a commission on adult social care in England has told MPs she is examining the impact of scrapping home care charges but also suggested she is unlikely to call for it to be introduced immediately. Baroness [Louise] […]
DWP director general made ‘joke’ mocking disability equality as he waited to give evidence to MPs
A senior figure in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) loudly “joked” about disability equality and reasonable adjustments as he waited to give evidence to a committee of MPs, Disability News Service can reveal. The incident has raised fresh concerns about […]
DWP’s failure to return calls became ‘consistent feature’ of ‘tragic’ cases, secret report reveals
The failure of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) civil servants to return calls from disabled benefit claimants became a “consistent feature” of some of the most “tragic” cases examined by the department’s safeguarding leads, a secret report has revealed. The Call […]
Ministers launch ‘inclusion base’ guidance after research finds concerns over existing units in schools
Ministers have launched “important” new guidance on setting up “inclusion bases” in mainstream schools after their own research exposed how many of those already running were having a “significant” negative impact on some disabled pupils. Inclusion bases are set to play a […]
DWP staff making thousands of potentially fatal errors, three years on from new ‘quality’ checks
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff are making thousands of potentially fatal errors, particularly on disabled people’s universal credit claims, three years after new “quality assurance” checks were introduced Reports obtained by Disability News Service (DNS) analyse whether DWP staff are […]
DWP research casts new doubt on Labour’s disability employment strategy
Three new pieces of research published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have cast fresh doubt on whether ministers will be able to move more disabled people into work by providing them with more intensive employment support. The reports were […]
Alarm among veteran activists as Burnham appoints ‘scrounger rhetoric’ Purnell as No 10 chief of staff
Disabled activists have expressed alarm at the decision by prime-minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham to appoint former work and pensions secretary James Purnell as his new chief of staff. Purnell, who was Labour’s work and pensions secretary for 16 months, from January 2008 until […]
BBC and Sky News fail to explain why presenters do not push back on claims of ‘spiralling welfare spending’
Two major broadcasters have been unable to explain why key news presenters are failing to challenge politicians and commentators who repeatedly claim – wrongly – that spending on social security is out of control and needs to be cut. Presenters at both […]