Disability News Service

Disabled people’s organisations have labelled yesterday’s budget as “superficial” and a “miniature sticking plaster” as they wait with concern for the recommendations of two major reviews set to report to the government next month. Measures announced by chancellor John Healey to address […]

The employment minister – backed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) – appears to have trashed the government’s long-held position that only “good work” is good for your health, while also calling for “everyone” to have paid jobs. The new […]

A member of the steering group reviewing the future of personal independence payment (PIP) has delivered a powerful rebuttal to research – co-written by a fellow member – which called for spending on disability benefits for children to be slashed. There was […]

Disabled people have praised a shocking documentary “experiment” that exposes how Nazi ideology is being used to argue the case for cutting spending on disability support. Although some disabled people who watched the Channel 4 documentary were horrified by the programme, most […]

There has been another significant and “encouraging” rise in the number of homecare services in England over the last year, according to a report by the care regulator. In its annual State of Care report, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said another […]

The UK Covid inquiry is guilty of “a deep disservice” to disabled people neglected in their own homes during the pandemic by failing to examine their experiences in detail in its crucial report on the social care system, say campaigners. On Tuesday, […]

Disabled campaigners say they are “deeply concerned” about the government’s commitment to scrapping care charges, after a minister refused to confirm that Andy Burnham’s pledge of free personal care for older people would also apply to working-age disabled people. There was alarm […]

Three leading social media companies have failed to act over animations that are spreading hate and lies about disabled people who receive benefits at an “alarming” rate. The animations – focusing on recipients of personal independence payment (PIP) – have been viewed […]

The Times has blocked Disability News Service from alerting its readers to research which exposed how previous reforms to out-of-work disability benefits led to hundreds of deaths of disabled people in the early 2010s. Last week, the newspaper launched what it calls […]

Disabled people have spoken in a new report of their “constant fear” and worry that being physically active could put their disability benefits at risk. The report reveals how the fear of losing personal independence payment (PIP) is preventing many disabled people […]

Disabled children and young people are being placed at risk of abuse because they are missing out on “vital” relationship and sex education at school, according to a new report. The research found “patchy” provision of relationship and sex education (RSE) for […]

The aviation industry has made slow but steady progress in introducing suggested improvements to the accessibility of air travel for disabled people in the UK over the last year, according to a new report. The progress was outlined by a group set […]

Disability News Service (DNS) will continue to operate and produce stories for its website and subscribers, despite its editor being made redundant. DNS, which was founded by disabled journalist John Pring in 2009, was bought by Canary Media in January, and has […]

The charity that oversees the Motability car scheme says that “deeply troubling” Conservative plans to save £1 billion a year by removing VAT exemptions could instead “dismantle” the scheme and would raise just a few million pounds in revenue. Motability Foundation’s boss, […]

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is secretly introducing changes to how it checks the quality of disability assessments, risking claimant safety and increasing the chance of dodgy reports slipping through the net, Disability News Service has learned. A member of […]

A disabled peer has broken new ground this week by using a version of her own voice – generated by artificial intelligence (AI) – to deliver a speech in the House of Lords. Baroness [Jane] Campbell used voice cloning technology devised by […]

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been ordered to release a report that examined the quality of personal independence payment (PIP) assessments carried out by telephone, after one of them was linked to the death or serious harm suffered by […]

Disabled people can now report media coverage that scapegoats and stigmatises them and contributes to the hostile environment many of them face in their daily lives, thanks to a new campaign. The Disability Media Action campaign was launched this week by Inclusion […]

Disabled campaigners have given a broadly warm welcome to a high-profile independent review into the prevalence of mental ill-health and distress, ADHD and autism in England, despite attempts by commentators and politicians to misrepresent its findings. The review for the government, chaired […]

The Times has joined a long list of organisations and individuals that are ignoring the risks posed by cuts and reforms to the social security system for disabled people who rely on benefits to survive. The newspaper this week launched The Times […]