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Disability

We must learn from Covid and ensure that disabled people are never again neglected
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Mikey Erhardt

We must learn from Covid and ensure that disabled people are never again neglected

If the government continues to freeze out disabled people's organisations and groups from decision making, we will never see positive change, writes Mikey Erhardt, campaigner at Disability Rights UK
Labour's rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty
liz kendall
Anela Anwar

Labour's rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty

Here's how to make your voice heard against the DWP's disability benefit cuts
a disability rights poster
Disability benefits

Here's how to make your voice heard against the DWP's disability benefit cuts

Disabled people have spent years being attacked as spongers. Labour's benefit cuts are no different
Mikey Erhardt

Disabled people have spent years being attacked as spongers. Labour's benefit cuts are no different

Labour's benefit cuts might only be worth the price tag of a Premier League striker – here's why
Arun Veerappan

Labour's benefit cuts might only be worth the price tag of a Premier League striker – here's why

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
DWP minister 'regrets' making disabled people feel anxious over benefit cuts
DWP minister Stephen Timms
Disability benefits

DWP minister 'regrets' making disabled people feel anxious over benefit cuts

I'm a disabled person claiming benefits – and I've lost all hope in the Labour government
Labour prime minister Keir Starmer
Arjan

I'm a disabled person claiming benefits – and I've lost all hope in the Labour government

Benefit cuts are a 'violation of human rights' which will harm ill and disabled people, Labour warned
DWP minister Liz Kendall
Disability benefits

Benefit cuts are a 'violation of human rights' which will harm ill and disabled people, Labour warned

Cuts, universal credit and PIP: Everything you need to know about Labour's benefits overhaul
Liz Kendall DWP secretary
Benefits

Cuts, universal credit and PIP: Everything you need to know about Labour's benefits overhaul

Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It's a waste of public funds
A group photo of Changing Realities after focused SEND meeting with Bridget Philipson on 13 March. Image: Supplied
Joanne Barker-Marsh

Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It's a waste of public funds

'I'll lose my ability to be part of society': Disabled people fear life after Labour's benefit cuts
Disability benefits

'I'll lose my ability to be part of society': Disabled people fear life after Labour's benefit cuts

Disabled and mentally ill people feel 'broken and without hope' over Labour's plans for benefits
rachel reeves and keir starmer
Readers' views

Disabled and mentally ill people feel 'broken and without hope' over Labour's plans for benefits

Doctors ignored me, a disabled woman, when deciding if I'd be resuscitated in the pandemic
Rahima Begum

Doctors ignored me, a disabled woman, when deciding if I'd be resuscitated in the pandemic

Cuts to benefits would be a 'grave mistake', Keir Starmer warned by his own MPs
keir starmer
Benefits

Cuts to benefits would be a 'grave mistake', Keir Starmer warned by his own MPs

Why are so many people off work sick? Labour told not to forget the pandemic ahead of benefit cuts
Healthcare workers march through London during the pandemic. Image: Unsplash
Five years since the pandemic

Why are so many people off work sick? Labour told not to forget the pandemic ahead of benefit cuts

Disability benefit cuts could plunge 700,000 households into poverty, Labour warned
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts could plunge 700,000 households into poverty, Labour warned

This small change to sick pay would make a huge difference for people with mental health problems
person with book on head and papers scattered around
Minesh Patel

This small change to sick pay would make a huge difference for people with mental health problems

DWP reveals new plans to get sick and disabled people into work ahead of benefit cuts
DWP minister Liz Kendall
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP reveals new plans to get sick and disabled people into work ahead of benefit cuts

Slashing billions from welfare will not help people into work or save money, Rachel Reeves warned
chancellor rachel reeves
Department for Work and Pensions

Slashing billions from welfare will not help people into work or save money, Rachel Reeves warned

Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa review – a remarkable and original study of yearning
Books

Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa review – a remarkable and original study of yearning

Fats Timbo: 'It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I'm going to change the world'
Fats Timbo
Disability activism

Fats Timbo: 'It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I'm going to change the world'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Are disability benefit claimants 'ready to work'? The truth behind DWP's claims ahead of welfare reforms
A meeting of the child poverty taskforce. From left to right: Mayor of the North East Kim McGuinness, work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall and education secretary Bridget Phillippson.
Disability benefits

Are disability benefit claimants 'ready to work'? The truth behind DWP's claims ahead of welfare reforms

Labour accused of 'turning its back on disabled people' in Grenfell Inquiry response: 'We're dismayed'
Grenfell memorial
Grenfell

Labour accused of 'turning its back on disabled people' in Grenfell Inquiry response: 'We're dismayed'

DWP blew tens of millions in taxpayer cash on fighting disability benefit claims
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Exclusive

DWP blew tens of millions in taxpayer cash on fighting disability benefit claims

'Heartbreak' for millions of Brits as energy bills to rise by more than expected from April
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Energy bills

'Heartbreak' for millions of Brits as energy bills to rise by more than expected from April

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