Theresa May has again rejected calls to pause the roll-out of Universal Credit as ministers announced that controversial charges of up to 55p a minute to call a helpline were
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Fear of hostility has stopped nearly one in three disabled people from going out in their local area, according to new research. A poll of 1,609 disabled adults in the
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A disabled man who complained a High Court judge acted unlawfully when giving medics permission to take him from home to hospital and authorising the use of force has lost
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Tory MPs have called on the Government to halt the rollout of its controversial new benefits payment system over concerns about the impact on claimants, it has been reported. A
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Disabled people are being “shut out” of the jobs market in huge numbers because of the discrimination they face when looking for work, according to a new report. A survey
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An amnesty on care equipment has been launched in the Scottish Borders with people being urged to hand in items they no longer need. The Scottish Borders Health and Social
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A new benefits system for disabled people is making their health worse, leaving many isolated and struggling to pay for food and bills, according to a new report. A major
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The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has asked a London borough to pay for a family holiday as partial remedy for causing a disabled boy to miss out on
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A severely disabled man fears losing long-term carers after the Court of Appeal upheld cuts to his care funding, say his lawyers. Luke Davey, 41, had attempted to overturn Oxfordshire
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Britain’s record on disability rights has been strongly criticised by the UN. The organisation’s Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) expressed serious concern about higher levels of
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