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Nov 7, 2024 · Mental health bill ‘will not stop us being locked up’, say disabled activists. 7th November 2024. A long-awaited new mental health bill falls far short of the fundamental reforms needed to ensure full human rights for disabled people, and will not stop them being subjected to forcible detention and degrading treatment, activists have warned.
Kendall strongly hints there will be no PIP vouchers, but twice fails ...
13 hours ago · Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall has strongly hinted that she will not implement the last government’s proposal to replace disability benefits with vouchers, but she twice failed to make a promise to that effect to MPs. A public consultation that began in April under the Conservative ...
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By John Pring on 7th November 2024 Category: Transport. Listen. Labour’s rail minister had made a series of promises that could see “the beginning of the end” of sub-standard assistance for disabled passengers on the railway, following lobbying by two disabled peers. Lord Hendy, former chair of Network Rail, told the […]
Warning for MPs set to vote on assisted suicide: ‘Please do not ...
13 hours ago · A string of disabled people’s organisations and disabled activists have delivered powerful statements opposing a bill that would legalise assisted suicide, just two weeks before it is due to be debated and voted on by MPs. Labour’s Kim …
Ministers could merge disability benefits and want to cut future ...
Ministers are considering measures to cut rising spending on disability benefits, and the possibility of merging personal independence payment with universal credit, a new government green paper ha…
MPs reopen inquiry into DWP safeguarding failures that led to …
13 hours ago · Relatives of disabled people whose deaths were caused by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have welcomed the decision by a committee of MPs to relaunch an inquiry into the department’s years of safeguarding failures. The Commons work and pensions committee announced this week that it had ...
Research shows how transport bodies could add accessibility into …
13 hours ago · Transport bodies planning station upgrades could take easy steps that would allow them to take greater account of accessibility when deciding where to invest, new research commissioned by disabled people has shown. The research, published yesterday (Wednesday) by the disabled-led campaigning ...
New charter calls for ‘bold’ action from government on disability ...
Nov 7, 2024 · Disabled people’s organisations and allies have joined together to issue a series of demands to the government that they believe would help to end employment discrimination against disabled people.
Access to Work in crisis as figures show ‘massive’ waiting-list
Nov 7, 2024 · The government’s Access to Work (AtW) scheme is in crisis, with new figures showing the number of disabled people waiting for decisions on their applications has more than quadrupled in a year. By 22 March, there were 20,909 disabled people waiting for a decision on their claim for support through the disability employment programme, compared ...
Half a million set to lose out when DWP scraps ‘fit for work’ test ...
Nov 7, 2024 · More than half a million disabled people are set to lose out financially through controversial reforms to the disability benefit assessment system, government figures suggest. The Department for Wo…