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It's time the government stepped up to help disabled people in the cost of living crisis
Disability rights

It's time the government stepped up to help disabled people in the cost of living crisis

Energy costs leave millions living in 'Dickensian conditions' over Christmas
Energy bills

Energy costs leave millions living in 'Dickensian conditions' over Christmas

David Aguilar: Forget pity, I needed to change perceptions of disability
David Aguilar
from the author

David Aguilar: Forget pity, I needed to change perceptions of disability

Legacy benefits court case: Why claimants are still fighting for the £20 universal credit uplift
legacy benefits
Legacy benefits

Legacy benefits court case: Why claimants are still fighting for the £20 universal credit uplift

Ralph and Katie: ‘I said from day one we were going to change the world’
Leon Harrop and Sarah Gordy as Ralph and Katie
TV

Ralph and Katie: ‘I said from day one we were going to change the world’

£150 cost of living disability payment is not enough, charities warn
Cost of living crisis

£150 cost of living disability payment is not enough, charities warn

'Using less energy isn't an option': Disabled people set to be hit hardest when bills soar again
Energy bills

'Using less energy isn't an option': Disabled people set to be hit hardest when bills soar again

'There's no support for us at all': The realities of caring for a disabled child during a heatwave
record temperatures/ carers of disabled children/ image of child in wheelchair
Heatwave

'There's no support for us at all': The realities of caring for a disabled child during a heatwave

The south London café helping people with learning difficulties into work
Cafe Van Gogh
Hospitality

The south London café helping people with learning difficulties into work

'A landmark moment': Arthur Hughes on being the first disabled actor to play Richard III at the RSC
Theatre

'A landmark moment': Arthur Hughes on being the first disabled actor to play Richard III at the RSC

The government says it's too expensive to give disabled people in fire risk blocks evacuation plans
Birmingham leaseholder Sarah Rennie has been hit by the cladding crisis after Grenfell
Fire safety

The government says it's too expensive to give disabled people in fire risk blocks evacuation plans

Disabled people are 'being hit harder by the cost of living crisis'
Cost of living crisis

Disabled people are 'being hit harder by the cost of living crisis'

Then Barbara Met Alan – a revolutionary love story
Then Barbara met Alan
TV

Then Barbara Met Alan – a revolutionary love story

Scrapping free tests and Covid sick pay labelled an ‘act of national self-sabotage’
covid rule change
Covid-19

Scrapping free tests and Covid sick pay labelled an ‘act of national self-sabotage’

MPs win fight to make disability benefits research public after DWP refusal
universal credit and benefits
welfare system

MPs win fight to make disability benefits research public after DWP refusal

Disabled people are speaking out about Travelodge's accessible room policy
Image of a hotel room
Disability

Disabled people are speaking out about Travelodge's accessible room policy

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Legacy benefits freeze left disabled people living on ‘historically’ low payments, court hears
legacy benefits protesters
welfare system

Legacy benefits freeze left disabled people living on ‘historically’ low payments, court hears

DWP faces High Court battle over 'morally bankrupt' legacy benefits rule
Disabled activists march on Euston Road to protest against legacy benefits decision
welfare system

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
A woman in a wheelchair sits by a reception desk while talking to a
Employment

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
universal credit
Social Justice

‘Do it for the children’: Families plead with Sunak to reverse universal credit cut

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