Observer finds thousands of claims for conditions including cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis are being rejected The government is rejecting more than 40% of applications …
PM launches consultation on personal independence payment amid ‘spiralling’ disability welfare bill Rishi Sunak has announced fresh curbs on disability benefits, saying he wants to …
Exclusive: All-party report on rules governing 2023 local elections calls voter ID system a ‘poisoned cure’ Controversial rules governing voter identification led to racial and …
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a first-of-its-kind ruling from a federal appeals court that found people with gender dysphoria are entitled to …
The relentless efforts of local campaigners shows there is a pathway to improving the UK’s shabby record on disabled people’s rights, writes James Moore
Every MP, councillor, architect, hospital CEO, civil servant, and able-bodied person who deals with disability should see Reid Davenport’s 2022 movie ‘I Didn’t See You …
Category of ‘mental retardation’ in NHS Digital’s annual statistics demeans patients, campaigners say The NHS has been criticised for using outdated and offensive terminology in …
Campaigners hit out after data reveals majority of successful appeals were due to Department for Work and Pensions mistakes Campaigners have accused the government of …
Officials say “Yellowstone” actor Q’Orianka Kilcher has been charged with illegally collecting nearly $97,000 in disability benefits while working on the TV show
Exclusive: some who worked on pandemic frontline may have to sell their house after claims rejected Doctors who worked on the frontline during the pandemic …
Equalities watchdog statement provokes backlash from coronavirus support groups and unions People suffering from long Covid have reacted with alarm to comments by government’s equalities …
Exclusive: Just 1,584 people with the condition have been assessed by the government for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and only 937 of these have successfully …
Prof Danny Altmann, immunologist at Imperial College London, says UK’s approach fails to take the impact of infections seriously Long Covid could create a generation …
The men convicted for drug offences could be executed on Wednesday as Singapore draws increasing scrutiny over its use of the death penalty Singapore has …