The disability movement looks set for a legal showdown with the government, after the coalition prepared to force deeply unpopular measures within its welfare reform bill into law.
More than 20 disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) and other charities are now discussing a possible legal case against the government.
Leading figures in the movement had already discussed halting [...]
Leading figures in the disability movement say they could stop cooperating with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) if the government’s welfare reform bill becomes law.
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are becoming increasingly angry at the government’s failure to listen to their views, despite its frequent references to how it is “co-producing” its reforms with [...]
At least three disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) plan to submit evidence to a major inquiry to draw its attention to how some newspapers are stirring up hostility towards disabled people.
The Leveson Inquiry was set up to examine the role of the press and the police in the wake of the News of the World phone-hacking [...]
A report into one of the most controversial of the government’s planned welfare reforms has been given a cool reception by leading disabled people’s organisations (DPOs).
The review of the government’s plans to remove mobility payments from disabled people in council-funded residential care concludes that the move would be a serious breach of their human rights.
It [...]
A disability charity’s decision to close down a national advice organisation, just two years after they merged, has provoked anger among disabled people’s organisations (DPOs).
Scope merged in 2008 with DIAL UK, a long-established DPO which supports a network of about 120 local disability information and advice services, most of them user-led.
But Scope has now decided [...]
Disabled activists have welcomed the publication of a major new report on disability-related harassment, but have warned of the huge changes needed across an “institutionally disablist” society if it is to have any impact.
Speaking after this week’s launch of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Hidden in Plain Sight report, they called for a stronger [...]
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) need to work together to raise their profile and find ways to cope with a drastic fall in their income, disabled activists have been told.
Research by Disability LIB, a partnership project of seven organisations – most of which are DPOs – found that the total income of 100 representative English DPOs [...]
New research aims to “make visible” the impact of the spending cuts on disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) in London, and so help their fight for survival.
Inclusion London (IL) is appealing for the capital’s DPOs to take part in its survey in a bid to produce the first detailed evidence of how the cuts have affected [...]
Scores of disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) and other disability charities across England have had their council funding cut or removed completely this year, according to new research.
Including DPOs, more than 150 disability charities have had their funding reduced, as well as more than 100 adult social care charities.
The figures were obtained by the campaign group [...]
The government has launched a scheme designed to support the growth of local disabled people’s organisations (DPOs).
Maria Miller, the minister for disabled people, was at West of England Centre for Inclusive Living in Bristol to launch the programme, which was first announced in May and will invest £3 million over four years in helping DPOs [...]
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are to boycott a review set up by two of the big disability charities into one of the most controversial parts of the government’s welfare reform bill.
Leonard Cheshire Disability (LCD) and Mencap announced this week that they were launching a new “independent review” into how the mobility needs of people living [...]
The government has announced £3 million of new funding to help local disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) improve the way they are run.
DPOs will be able to bid for money from the fund from July for projects that will “make a significant difference to their development and sustainability”.
The announcement came on the same day that thousands [...]
Disabled people and their organisations are hoping to send a critical message to the government with a major protest against its programme of spending cuts and welfare reforms.
The day of action on Wednesday 11 May will feature a rally at Methodist Central Hall, near the Houses of Parliament, and a lobby of MPs, while there [...]
The government must do more to recognise the value of small disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) as it develops its plans for a “Big Society”, according to an alliance of disability organisations.
Disability LIB, which provides support to help DPOs boost their performance, says the government must also ensure that its Big Society initiatives are inclusive and [...]