Daily Archives: 30/10/2011

Scheme brings MPs face-to-face with disabled constituents

More than 100 disabled people have raised campaigning issues around disability rights and equality in face-to-face meetings with their local MP, thanks to a scheme that aims to build relationships between politicians and their disabled constituents.
Disabled people who took part in this year’s MP Disability Dialogue raised concerns such as cuts to disability benefits and [...]

Merger leads to concern over new DPO’s name

The UK’s leading disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has raised serious concerns over the new name chosen by a trio of national disability charities that are set to merge.
Members of the National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL) decided last week to back the merger, which had already been approved by RADAR and Disability Alliance (DA). The [...]