For the full stories, please click on the links: The sister of a disabled man who died in what she believes were suspicious circumstances more than four years ago says her family are still waiting for answers about his death from their local council. A disabled MP has defended his decision to vote with the [...]

For the full stories, please click on the links: The government has been defeated by peers again on its welfare reform bill, this time over a proposal that was set to punish disabled people in social housing who have spare bedrooms. New figures show the Crown Prosecution Service is making good progress in prosecuting disability hate crimes successfully, [...]

For the full stories, please click on the links: Coalition MPs who play leading roles in disability-related parliamentary groups – but still voted to slash disabled people’s benefits – have been accused of hypocrisy. Disabled peers believe they could still help to secure improvements to the welfare reform bill, despite their anger and frustration with [...]

A leading MP has criticised the General Medical Council (GMC) after a GP whose negligence allowed disabled people to be raped and neglected at two residential homes removed himself from the doctors’ register. Scores of disabled people were raped, drugged, assaulted and neglected at the notorious Longcare homes in south Buckinghamshire while Dr X* was [...]

For the full stories, please click on the links: A disabled senior government adviser has admitted failing to tell civil servants about freelance work she carried out for an insurance giant that is set to make millions from the coalition’s incapacity benefit reforms. The disability movement looks set for a legal showdown with the government, [...]