MP for the West Cornwall and Isles of Scilly constituency of St Ives, Andrew George, is leading a rebellion against the Government's Welfare Bill, with the support of his Liberal Democrat colleague Charles Kennedy and others (including local MP Dan Rogerson).
HE's one of the world's longest surviving kidney dialysis patients and has had 33 years of renal treatment, four failed transplants and 14 heart attacks.
The Prime Minister has claimed disability organisations support the Government's welfare reform agenda - and the DWP Minister for Disabled People has suggested disabled people are protected from cuts. These two myths need debunking.
NEARLY 20,000 cancer sufferers have been forced to return for repeated fit-for-work tests carried out by controversial French firm Atos. The company have a £100million-a-year contract with the UK government to test whether disabled people are capable of working.
Electric vehicles should be made louder to avoid posing a risk to visually impaired pedestrians, according to the Guide Dogs association.
Leading Paralympians hit out last night at what they felt was double standards in the New Year Honours list in which multi-gold-medal-winning Paralympians missed out on the highest gongs.
