The minister leading a government review of personal independence payment (PIP) has refused four times to rule out cuts to spending, but he has promised no disabled person will be forced to accept …

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…

The government’s youth inactivity adviser swore at Disability News Service’s editor after being challenged about his failure to discuss the safeguarding risks involved in forcing tens of thousands …

The things nobody tells disabled journalists about an industry that wasn’t built for us. Click to read Press Access, by Frances Ryan, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

'Hostage Nation' says the UK has the money, land and people to reverse a death-spiral of rising bills, insecure work and climate collapse.

Pensioners arrested for Palestine Action signs while al-Qaeda subsidiary HTS has been de-proscribed and whitewashed by the UK and US

PM says he will put proposals for NHS-style service funded by everybody into Labour’s next general election manifesto * UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has said that he is going to “rip the plaster off” to fix the broken social care system, as he set out a vision for a universal service that would be free at the point of use for everybody in England. The prime minister said the new NHS-style social care service would be funded by “everybody” but did not give further details of how his radical long-term plan would be paid for. Continue reading...

The government and one of its state-owned rail operators are refusing to say how many stations will be able to provide level boarding for disabled passengers, following a decision to lease 29 new b…

El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers The UK has warned countries around the world that the climate and nature crises and the coming El Niño threaten their national security and defence, presenting foreign ministries with the findings of an explosive report suppressed under Keir Starmer. Ed Miliband, the foreign secretary, made a presentation to the foreign ministers of the EU as well as Kenya and other countries on Wednesday night at a private meeting during the UN general assembly in New York, based on the report by the UK’s spy chiefs that found the collapse of natural systems around the world would lead to conflict, migration and food shortages. Continue reading...

Early recommendations from the review indicate that equipment and services could be offered over cash

If Government wants to spend less on disability benefits over time, it has to remove the daily barriers that create these costs, writes disability campaigner Anna Landre

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Calls for the Public Office (Accountability) Bill to be expanded to government supplier bosses.

Disabled campaigners say the government’s decision to lease 29 battery-electric trains that will allow level boarding for disabled passengers at stations across the north of England is a “massive v…

New government research has exposed misleading calls by leading Conservative and Reform UK figures who have repeatedly claimed that assessments carried out remotely are more likely to lead to a suc…

Disabled activists have spoken of their relief after MPs voted to reject a bill that would have legalised assisted suicide in England and Wales, but they say the focus must now shift to improving s…

Twice as many disabled MPs voted against a bill that would have legalised assisted suicide in England and Wales as those that voted in favour, according to calculations by Disability News Service. …

Disabled campaigners say the government’s decision to lease 29 battery-electric trains that will allow level boarding for disabled passengers at stations across the north of England is a “massive v…

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And why the long game is sometimes the best

Well, yes it was Nigel Farage who drove us down the economic cul de sac of Brexit. But it's Keir Starmer who, knowing this, nevertheless refuses to reverse the economy out.