Former pupils of the Royal School for Deaf Children Margate (RSDCM) have still not been found a suitable new school, more than four months after it closed. The school was forced to close in December for financial reasons, after the care watchdog uncovered evidence that disabled young people at the neighbouring Westgate College for Deaf […]
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Government ‘must see disabled people as innovators and contributors’
Disabled entrepreneurs have told the government’s business department that it is not doing enough to make its programmes accessible. In a meeting of the all-party parliamentary disability group, a senior civil servant listened as disabled entrepreneurs lined up to express their concerns at his department’s lack of support for them. Jacqueline Winstanley, who runs consultancy Universal […]
Latest ‘reckless’ DSA reforms could leave disabled students without support
New government reforms to support for disabled university students are “rushed and reckless” and could lead to many young people being left without the assistance they need to complete their degrees, say campaigners and industry experts. On Monday (18 April), the government is introducing a “quality assurance framework” (QAF), which sets out a series of […]
MPs must accept fundamental flaws of personal budgets, says Beresford
A leading disabled academic has urged MPs to dismiss the conclusions of the public spending watchdog and accept instead that the government’s strategy on social care personal budgets is “fundamentally flawed”. Peter Beresford, professor of citizen participation at the University of Essex and emeritus professor of social policy at Brunel University, has told the Commons […]
Disabled people ‘still not safe in Luton’ after second ‘assault’ in three years
The family of an autistic man say they believe disabled people are still not safe from their local police force, after two officers were finally sacked for gross misconduct for “shocking” behaviour during an incident in 2014. Despite the sackings, Bedfordshire police has quietly cleared other officers over their role in an earlier incident in […]
ROFA’s conference call to DPOs is next step towards international influence
A national conference is set to provide disabled people and their organisations across England with an opportunity to come together to discuss key disability rights issues, share their campaigning successes, and secure a collective voice on the international stage. The Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance (ROFA) is set to take a sizeable step forward at its […]
Capita faces fresh calls to be stripped of PIP contracts after documentary
One of the three outsourcing giants that assesses people for their eligibility for disability benefits is facing calls for it to be stripped of its contract, after revelations in a Channel 4 documentary. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is investigating concerns raised by this week’s Dispatches, which saw an experienced mental health nurse, […]
Fears over government links as equality watchdog launches welfare probe
The equality watchdog is facing concerns over links between the government and two of its leading figures as it prepares to investigate whether Tory welfare reforms have breached the human rights of disabled people. Last week, Disability News Service (DNS) revealed that the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was to examine the impact of […]
Tribunal rules DWP must release information from secret benefit deaths reviews
Disability News Service (DNS) has won its appeal against the Department for Work and Pensions’ refusal to publish information from 49 secret reviews it conducted into the deaths of benefit claimants. The decision of the information rights tribunal to allow the DNS appeal means the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) should now be forced […]
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