Disabled Life

Shock of activists as disability minister ignores disabled woman who collapsed on floor after cuts meeting May 29, 2025
The disability minister has been accused of a “shocking lack of empathy” after walking past a disabled woman who collapsed on the floor at the end of a meeting about government plans to cut disability benefits by billions of pounds. Representatives of […]
John Pring
Access to Work cuts risk ‘decimating’ disability arts movement, disabled artists and consultants warn May 29, 2025
Cuts and reforms to the Access to Work system pose an “existential threat” and risk “decimating” the disability arts movement in Britain, disabled artists, companies and consultants are warning this week. As pressure grows on the Labour government over its Pathways to […]
John Pring
‘Access to Work showed me a working life was still possible… now Keir Starmer has put that at risk’ May 29, 2025
A leading disabled artist has been forced to stop working by “devastating” and “destructive” cuts to the Labour government’s Access to Work disability employment programme. Jess Thom (pictured this week) has had to halt her work with Touretteshero after AtW cut her […]
John Pring
Benefit cap could see countless PIP claimants left homeless after cuts, but DWP has no idea how many May 29, 2025
Thousands of disabled people could lose out on thousands of pounds a year in housing benefit – and face eviction – because of the government’s cuts to disability benefits, but ministers have no idea how many will lose out and risk homelessness. […]
John Pring
Anger at Network Rail for ‘shocking’ exclusion of scooter-users from ‘future of railways’ exhibition May 29, 2025
An exhibition that will travel the country to celebrate the “past, present and future” of the railways will be inaccessible to many disabled people who use mobility scooters, because Network Rail has used carriages that are more than 30 years old. The […]
John Pring
‘Overwhelming response’ to letter to PM from high-profile disabled figures on Labour’s ‘catastrophic’ cuts May 29, 2025
Disabled public figures behind a new campaign to persuade the government to back down on its “inhumane and catastrophic” plans to cut billions of pounds from disability benefits say they are overwhelmed by the response since its launch. Tuesday’s launch saw 100 […]
John Pring
Disabled MP drops support for assisted dying bill over ‘broken’ social care and health services May 22, 2025
A disabled MP has dropped his support for the assisted suicide bill, largely because of concerns that “broken” social care and palliative care services could push terminally-ill people into seeking an assisted death. Steve Darling told Disability News Service (DNS) this week […]
John Pring
Mass lobby of MPs marks ‘important’ moment in fight against Labour’s benefit cuts May 22, 2025
Disabled people from across the UK converged on parliament yesterday to challenge their MPs in face-to-face meetings about the government’s proposed cuts to disability benefits. Disabled activists travelled from Northern Ireland, from Wales – including a group of Disability Wales members – […]
John Pring
Welsh government’s disability rights plan ‘is a smokescreen’ to hide lack of teeth and targets May 22, 2025
The Welsh government has been accused of putting up a “smokescreen” after publishing a draft disability rights plan that lacks “teeth” and is full instead of pledges to carry out reviews and produce guidance while offering no new money. The 10-year Draft […]
John Pring
DWP’s unlawful silence on ‘critical friend’ report raises questions over minister’s transparency pledge May 22, 2025
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has unlawfully failed to respond to a request to see a secret paper on the department’s safeguarding failures, casting doubt on a minister’s pledge to open DWP to “public scrutiny”. The “critical friend” paper was […]
John Pring

Dis Life: ‘I like to move it, move it – but I can’t due to lack of sense on transport’

Disabled people cut off from energy supply

Dis Life: ‘Avert your eyes from Prince Harry and fix them back on the decimated NHS’

New DWP scheme may enable claimants to get refund of already paid back Universal Credit hardship payments

Labour will guarantee Disabled people moving into work a return to benefits with the need for reassessment

Dis Life: ‘I like to move it, move it – but I can’t due to lack of sense on transport’

Disabled people cut off from energy supply

Dis Life: ‘Avert your eyes from Prince Harry and fix them back on the decimated NHS’

New DWP scheme may enable claimants to get refund of already paid back Universal Credit hardship payments

Labour will guarantee Disabled people moving into work a return to benefits with the need for reassessment

DR UK backs rail staff cuts campaigners

Smart tech rail ticket machines not fit for Disabled people

DFE figures show teachers are leaving the profession

Prime Minister proposes Maths until 18

Access to work wait times leading to lost jobs