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Disabled people ‘must play part’ in fighting blue badge abuse
Disabled people must play a part in efforts to cut the misuse and abuse of blue parking badges, according to leading activists. New measures to cut abuse of the disabled…
Award decision rewards ‘driven’ duo
Two “driven and creative” disabled businessmen – who both run companies selling independent living aids – have been declared joint winners of a lucrative annual award. The Stelios Award for…
London’s new bus is now more accessible, say transport bosses
Transport bosses say they believe design changes made to the successor to London’s Routemaster bus will make it more accessible for wheelchair-users. A prototype of the new “bus for London”…
DWP snubs Hardest Hit’s Christmas greeting
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has turned away disabled activists who wanted to deliver a campaigning Christmas card on behalf of 23,000 people who signed a petition calling…
Disabled student barred from using accessible parking space
A university has prevented one of its disabled students from using an accessible parking space that was allowing him to carry out vital work experience, and has now painted over…
Welfare reform bill ‘could breach human rights’
A committee of MPs and peers has suggested that parts of the government’s controversial welfare reform bill could breach disabled people’s human rights. The joint committee on human rights (JCHR)…
Tanni’s Lords bid to derail cuts to disability benefit falls just short
A disabled peer has failed by just two votes to overturn plans that will see a steep cut in financial support for many families with disabled children. Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson…
Care scrutiny measures fail to mask new concerns over funding reform
New government proposals to “shake up” the scrutiny of adult social care have failed to mask growing concerns that the coalition is planning to postpone the long-awaited reform of care…
Government caught out on DLA statistics… again
Serious doubts have emerged about crucial statistics used by the minister for disabled people to justify the government’s sweeping disability living allowance (DLA) reforms. Maria Miller was appearing this week…
Government’s Crimestoppers campaign ‘could fuel disability hate crime’
Outraged campaigners say a new government-backed benefit fraud campaign could expose disabled people to hostility and violence in their own communities. The national campaign has been launched by the “crime-fighting”…
