Disability News Service

Claimants face ‘destitution’ over failure of universal credit migration safeguards, letter warns minister

Many disabled people are “suffering intensely” and face the threat of destitution because they cannot meet the government’s ...
Disability News Service

Self-employed disabled people face waiting up to 19 months for Access to Work decisions, evidence shows

Self-employed disabled people who seek support through the government’s Access to Work scheme are facing delays of up to 19 ...
Disability News Service

Media must reconsider its approach to engaging with people with lived experience, says report

People with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress or trauma are often being re-traumatised by talking to the media ...
Disability News Service

Actor says Motability’s ‘offensive’ black box scheme discriminates against young disabled people

A disabled actor has accused the Motability scheme of putting young disabled people’s freedom at risk and taking away their ...
Disability News Service

Ministers to push ahead on disability pay gap reporting, while Tories describe plans as ‘grievance-mongering’

The government is to push ahead with its delayed plans to force large employers to report on the size of their disability pay ...
ESA

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 ...
ESA

Disabled mum took her own life after actions of DWP and Capita ‘magnified’ anxiety

A young disabled mother who took her own life had been left with stress and “debilitating anxiety” by the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and its contractor Capita, an inquiry ...
ESA

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 ...
ESA

Minister admits signing off on order that led to widespread cuts to Access to Work

The disability minister has admitted signing off on orders that have led to widespread cuts to disabled people’s Access to Work support packages since Labour came to power. Disabled campaigners have ...
ESA

Bank surveillance bill could lead to greatest miscarriage of justice in British history, disabled activist tells MPs

A disabled activist has told MPs that parliament could set in train the greatest miscarriage of justice in British history, if it approves new laws that would force banks to carry out mass ...
ESA

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 ...
ESA

Chancellor’s reported plans to impose VAT on Motability could add £3,000 to even the cheapest cars

The chancellor’s reported plans to target the Motability car scheme for new taxes in next month’s budget by removing its VAT exemption could impose an upfront cost of at least £3,000 on even the ...