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Disability rights campaigners win appeal against government’s refusal to publicise investigations into alleged suicides. The Department for Work and Pensions may be forced to disclose details of secret investigations into the suicides and other deaths of benefit claimants, after a successful tribunal appeal. Disability rights campaigners, mental health charities and the families of claimants who […]

Labour support in Wales has fallen to its lowest level since before the 2010 general election, an opinion poll has suggested. The latest YouGov poll for ITV Wales puts Labour’s constituency vote at 33%, down two points in two weeks. Prof Roger Scully of Cardiff University said the party remained “some way ahead of the […]

Some of the country’s best-known disabled artists have come together in the House of Lords to celebrate a project that will tell the story of the disability arts movement. The reception marked the first year of the three-year, £1 million project that will bring together about 2,500 objects celebrating a history that dates back to the […]

The equality watchdog is set to make nearly 30 members of staff redundant, in what critics say is a blow to its efforts to enforce equality laws and hold the government to account over its record on disability discrimination. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) told staff on Tuesday this week (19 April) that […]

Disabled people in England and Wales are now almost three-and-half times more likely than non-disabled people to be a victim of serious violent crime, according to new research that has been described as “a wake-up call to politicians”. The new analysis of official crime figures by the charity Victim Support also shows people with a […]

  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has proposed scrapping two benefit regulations that offer vital protection to disabled people facing the controversial “fitness for work” test. In response to a freedom of information request, DWP has sent Disability News Service (DNS) a document titled Appeals Strategy – Post Election Planning, which was drawn […]

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has drawn up secret plans for sweeping reforms that would make it far harder for disabled people to appeal against having their benefit claims turned down. The heavily-redacted document was sent to Disability News Service (DNS) by DWP following a freedom of information request, but disabled activists from […]

Scrapping care fees for the elderly and dementia sufferers would save families thousands of pounds each year, Plaid Cymru has said. The party wants to scrap both fees over a 10-year period, at a cost of £226m. Plaid health spokeswoman Elin Jones said those with relatives in residential care for dementia could save up to […]

  Learning Disability Wales are pleased to announce the start of their new training programme which will run from May 2016 to October 2016.   Their new training programme for summer 2016 is full of useful and informative courses such as Making Information Easy to Read and Understand Personal Relationships and Sexuality Introduction to Autism Spectrum […]

People with disabilities are being left for too long in unsuitable homes because of problems with councils’ Disabled Facilities Grants processes, the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) says. In a report issued this week, the LGO highlights some of the complaints it receives when the grants process goes wrong, and the significant impact this can have […]