Disability
MPs win fight to make disability benefits research public after DWP refusal
MPs win fight to make disability benefits research public after DWP refusal
MPs will obtain a copy of the report – which the government received in 2020 – directly from researchers and publish it themselves.
Disabled people are speaking out about Travelodge’s accessible room policy
Disabled people are speaking out about Travelodge’s accessible room policy
A petition for better accessibility at Travelodge hotels has gained 54,000 signatures after a couple were given single beds.
Legacy benefits freeze left disabled people living on ‘historically’ low payments, court hears
Legacy benefits freeze left disabled people living on ‘historically’ low payments, court hears
Ministers refused to give disabled people on legacy benefits the same £20 per week increase universal credit claimants got during lockdown.
DWP faces High Court battle over ‘morally bankrupt’ legacy benefits rule
DWP faces High Court battle over ‘morally bankrupt’ legacy benefits rule
Disabled workers paid £3,458 less per year than non-disabled colleagues, research finds
Disabled workers paid £3,458 less per year than non-disabled colleagues, research finds
‘Do it for the children’: Families plead with Sunak to reverse universal credit cut
‘Do it for the children’: Families plead with Sunak to reverse universal credit cut
‘We matter less than others’: Disabled people protest after missing out on Covid support
‘We matter less than others’: Disabled people protest after missing out on Covid support
Masks may be going, but hidden disabilities aren’t so easily cast aside
Masks may be going, but hidden disabilities aren’t so easily cast aside
Millicent Simmonds: ‘People with disabilities don’t need to be saved’
Millicent Simmonds: ‘People with disabilities don’t need to be saved’
‘We always seem to lose out’: How Covid-19 has hit jobs for disabled people
‘We always seem to lose out’: How Covid-19 has hit jobs for disabled people
This teenage boy is teaching sign language to 15,000 people in lockdown
This teenage boy is teaching sign language to 15,000 people in lockdown
Outside in: the changing attitudes to disability and sex workers
