Contents DWP disputes Access to Work claim made by its own disability minister. 1 Government adviser on health, disability and work warns against Equality Act crackdown on employers. 2 Disabled students still face barriers, research finds, just as ministers prepare to publish SEND white paper 3 Government’s focus is on ‘punishing’ young disabled people rather… Continue Reading Disability News Service February 5th
The Home Office has launched a consultation on the use of facial recognition and similar technologies. Now is your chance to make your voice heard and tell the Home Office about the dangers facial recognition poses to our civil liberties. You can use the tool we have provided below to tailor your response using your… Continue Reading Consultatation on use of facial recognition
The right to protest is under attack. The Government has proposed extreme new powers allowing police to restrict protests based on so-called “cumulative disruption” which would allow police to place restrictions on repeat protests. This dangerous change would affect movements for peace, climate justice, human rights, and more. We need to act now. In 2023,… Continue Reading Defend our right to Protest
The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has a consultation seeking views on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), alongside other changes to the planning system. The consultation closes at 11:45pm on 10 March 2026. Of particular relevance to disabled people is a proposal on page 43, which includes: Requiring authorities… Continue Reading Consultation on New Housing
There is a govenment consultation seeking views on proposed changes to the law governing the use of powered mobility devices. This consultation is exploring potential reforms to the rules around powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters, including where they can be used (such as roads and pavements), how they are defined in law, and whether changes… Continue Reading Consultation on use of wheelchairs and mobility scooters
Young People and Work Report: Call for Evidence This week, Alan Milburn has launched an investigation into the causes of record unemployment and inactivity among 16 to 24 year olds, with a call for young people and a range of experts to come forward with their views. The Call for Evidence is now open and… Continue Reading Unemployment amongdt 16-24 year olds call for evidence
Universal Credit and Direct Payments The DWP have updated their Advice for Decision Makers (ADM) guide to make clear that adult social care direct payments should not be considered as capital for means‑tested benefits. You can read the updated guidance at the link below (see paragraphs H1400-H1402). They have also notified decision makers via an… Continue Reading Universal Creedit and Direct Payment accounts
Disabled Somerset resident granted permission to challenge council tax reduction scheme in High Court — Article below taken from Leigh Day If you have been impacted by the same changes to council tax after migrating from Employment Support Allowance to Universal Credit, please contact DPAC at mail@dpac.uk.net — The High Court has granted… Continue Reading Disabled person challenges council tax increase after ESA to UC migration
The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has a consultation seeking views on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), alongside other changes to the planning system. The consultation closes at 11:45pm on 10 March 2026. Of particular relevance to disabled people is a proposal on page 43, which includes: Requiring… Continue Reading Consultation on Accessible Housing
As the UK Government review into the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) gets underway, a disability campaign group in Wales has today launched an open appeal to the panel members. The ‘Timms review’, named for the Minister of State for Social Security and Disability Sir Stephen Timms, could affect more than 275,000 people in Wales claiming the disability benefit. Disabled… Continue Reading Open appeal to the Timms Review panellists
As many of you will already know there is a threat to remove freedom passes from older and disabled Londoners. We are asking people who use a freedom pass to write to London council’s chair Claire Holland (who incidentally was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list) to tell her why this pass… Continue Reading Fight Against the Loss of Freedom Passes in London
reposted from Independent Living. The Threat of Private Healthcare Insurance Written in January 2026 by Mo Stewart, research lead for the Preventable Harm Project (all external links will open in a new browser tab or window) If the past fifteen years have taught us anything it’s how easy it is for successive UK neoliberal governments… Continue Reading The Threat of Private Health Care Insurance by Mo Stewart
Contents DWP refuses to say who will lose out in £2 billion cuts to disability benefits, six weeks after budget. 1 Support from across UK for CEO who turned down MBE over government ‘demonisation’ of disabled people 2 New Mental Health Act ‘offers no solution’ to abuse, exclusion and racism in mental health system.. 4… Continue Reading Disability News Service, January 6th 2026
Nnena Kalu has won this year’s Turner Prize, the UK’s most high-profile art award, for her “bold and compelling” sculptures and drawings – and has made history as the first artist with a learning disability to win. Via BBC. Photo by Charlotte Hollinshead CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Contents Labour accused of ‘horrifying’ betrayal of disabled people after slashing Tory accessible housing target 1 Watchdog dismisses DWP’s description of DNS editor as ‘vengeful’ and ‘vexatious’ for asking to see deaths email 3 Labour ministers considered means-testing PIP, but later ruled it out, watchdog’s report shows 6 Welsh government publishes 10-year plan for disability… Continue Reading Disability News Service December 18th
Contents McFadden brags about cutting disability benefits, just as his own strategy warns of ‘deep material poverty’ 1 Minister misleads MPs as mystery deepens over new £2 billion cuts to disability benefits 3 Duty to disabled passengers in railways bill is ‘too vague’ and must be strengthened, MPs are told 5 Peers urged to ‘err… Continue Reading Disability News Service December 11th
When? 10th December 2025, 11am – 1pm GMT Where? Online via Zoom – register here Share Our Story (#SOS) is an initiative that is emerging from the Wales Africa Movement and seeks to bring people with disabilities together and discuss their lived experiences. Since its beginning in March 2022, #SOS has shared over 200 stories… Continue Reading Share our Story #SOS – Disabled people’s experiences from Wales to Africa
Contents DWP and Treasury silent over mystery of £2 billion cuts to disability benefits 1 ‘Unacceptable’ new figures show rejections of Access to Work claims have shot up this year 3 Watchdog’s silence after removing figures that showed social security spending is not ‘spiralling’ 5 Manifesto calls on next Welsh government to enable disabled people… Continue Reading Disability News Service December 4th
Contents Budget’s Motability taxes ‘are devastating, punitive and baffling’ and will add hundreds to upfront payments 1 Tory government failed to protect disabled people in early months of pandemic, inquiry concludes. 4 DWP failure to provide up-to-date figures on Access to Work cuts is ‘major warning sign’, say campaigners 7 Inquiry report shows ‘horrific’ Covid… Continue Reading Disability News Service, Novemeber 27th
Contents Labour cuts to out-of-work disability benefits likely to have ‘devastating’ mental health impact, research finds 1 DWP ministers ‘must be shown’ new research which shows likely results of ‘obscene’ plans to cut benefits 3 Government refuses to say if it is secretly working on how to implement assisted suicide bill 6 McFadden admits ministers… Continue Reading Disability News Service, November 20th
Saturday 29th November 1pm @ Swansea Castle With Disabled People Against Cuts Cymru (DPAC Cymru) and others. No disability cuts. Hands of Motability. Living wages. Pension justice. Rent control. Trade union rights. No to hate & division. Make the rich pay. The budget is being written by the Swansea West MP. Disabled people… Continue Reading Protest the budget in Swansea
This is a launch pilot of “Work without barriers” run by Reeves Disability Consultancy. It is a free photoshoot to highlight the barriers disabled people face when accessing work. Reeves is also developing a library to loan equipment for people struggling with the Access to Work failures and delays and lack of equipment. 20 Nov… Continue Reading Inclusive disability photoshoot – Cardiff Nov 20th
Disability Action Research Kollective (DARK) are looking for volunteers to write 350 word summaries of different policies and campaigns currently impacting disabled people in the UK. This will be used to make a free mini magazine which can help share knowledge within the movement and spread the word to those outside. Email Richardamm@Gmail.com to request… Continue Reading Seeking disability activists to write policy & campaign summaries
SOS by Ian Stanton SOS, SOS, Save these children in distress, Dig deep into your largesse, Keep them fed and keep them dressed. Give a boost to your career And keep the government’s conscience clear, So they can boast with utmost clarity Victorian values, hope and charity. SOS, SOS, Helpless cripples, all are blessed,… Continue Reading Piss on Pity – screw Pudsey and CIN
Contents Health and care funding crisis will create pressure to choose assisted suicide, MPs and peers are told. 1 Parliament has ‘dismissed and sidelined’ disabled people from assisted suicide bill debate, says letter. 4 Protection failure in DWP’s fraud and error bill ‘risks further tragic deaths’, MPs warn. 6 New investigation on NEETs will only… Continue Reading Disability News Service, November 13th