FILE ON 4 INVESTIGATES: Do modern day forced adoptions exist and if so, how do they happen? TUESDAY 6 OCTOBER 8pm & on BBC Sounds Over 90% of adoptions in the UK are without parental consent, a…

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The home secretary has been asked why she is delaying the implementation of a “long overdue reform” that would take an “important step” towards equality for disabled victims of hate crime. The chan…

Andy Burnham’s announcement of free personal care as part of a new National Care Service will only apply to those over 65, and not to working-age disabled people, No 10 has confirmed, sparking shoc…

Disabled people’s organisations have been kept “firmly on the outside” of a key government programme to improve workplace health, raising fresh questions about ministers’ commitment to co-producing…

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has called for the social care system to do more to “empower” disabled people, but without stating what policies his party would introduce to achieve this if it won…

A leading London Liberal Democrat has accused the public body that runs the capital of having “absolutely no idea” how to co-produce policy with disabled people. Hina Bokhari, leader of the Liberal…

Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) in the capital say the mayor of London’s first disability action plan is only a “starting point” in improving life for disabled Londoners, but that it is now …

The action plan includes measures to improve access to housing, transport, jobs and public services.

Driverless taxi trials have been approved in London, but disabled people are raising concerns about safety and accessibility and say the tech is a diversion from the greater need to make public transp...

The Labour government risks alienating voters if it ignores new research which shows the public strongly oppose cuts to spending on disability benefits, disabled people’s organisations warned the p…

A new government assessment has admitted that disabled people – and particularly older disabled people – could face subtle pressure to choose an assisted death, if a bill described as “unsafe” and …

Longstanding poll reveals public opinions on disability benefits and Labour’s big challenge on NHS satisfaction

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The Grenfell Tower Fire Inquiry recommended that personalised evacuation plans be prepared for disabled residents, but new legislation only applies to buildings over 11 metres tall

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Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims,…

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The Save Our Support campaign demands an end to the gaps in money and staff in social care. This means people will always have the support workers and social workers they need and live the lives they ...

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DWP cuts to Access to Work have left disabled artist Renu Arora unable to act on stage despite funding to tell her story in a musical.

Disabled people have told researchers that charging for social care is “unjust and harmful”, just as the new prime minister has spoken of his determination to address reform of the social care syst…

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