Disabled People to Stage Broadmead 'Die-in' to Protest Against Benefit Cuts

Disabled people to stage Broadmead 'die-in' to protest against benefit cuts

The rally will take over the centre of Bristol's biggest shopping area on Saturday

Pathways to poverty: dissecting Labour’s cuts to disability benefits

Calderdale councillors express concern over proposed cuts to disability ...

Stephen Timms and His Troubling Stance on Disability

Stephen Timms, the Minister for Disabilities at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), has been seen to show a distinct lack of compassion and understanding following a contentious meeting with campaigners from the charity Church Action on Poverty. During this encounter, Timms has been accused of exhibiting a lack of empathy and understanding toward disabled individuals thus revealing an attitude that may be impacting policy decisions in so…

Labour’s Access to Work reform plans ‘risk excluding disabled people from the workforce’, say arts leaders

More than 2,500 leading voices from the UK’s arts sector, including the heads of the National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company, have signed an open letter warning that Labour’s proposed changes to the Access to Work scheme risk excluding disabled people from the workforce entirely. Indhu Rubasingham, artistic director of the National Theatre, and Tamara Harvey and Daniel Evans, co-artistic directors of the RSC, were among the signatories to…

Tens of thousands of households face a 'triple hit' of benefit cuts as part of Labour's reforms

Tens of thousands of disabled households could face a “triple hit” of benefit cuts due to their impact on PIP and carer’s allowance.