Minister for Universities and Science, Greg Clark, today made a Written Ministerial Statement on the Government's planned reforms to Disabled Student's Allowance (DSA). The statement sets out that proposed changes to DSA will no longer be made this year.
A disabled campaigner had more than £70 a week of her disability benefit stripped from her for three months because she could not attend a back-to-work workshop that a government assessment had already concluded would be inaccessible to her.
Waterloo is planning to become the first major London rail terminus to switch off its Tannoy, following complaints from passengers and locals that it is making the station too noisy.
Justice Minister David Ford (pictured with Tonya McCormac) is supporting the billboard campaign A campaign to raise awareness of disability hate crime in Northern Ireland has been launched. Leonard Cheshire Disability, which provides voluntary services to people with disabilities, said the reporting of such crimes was "surprisingly low". Last year, 70 disability hate crimes were reported, an increase of 100%.
Sick and disabled people will still be left waiting six months for vital cash despite a Government pledge to cut waiting times.
This report focuses on support for disabled people under universal credit. Whilst we support the principles of universal credit, our analysis shows two important types of problems that will particularly affect disabled people; one relating to work incentives, the other concerning out of work support: