Three disabled peers have asked a panel of senior civil servants why the government appears to have failed to enforce the Equality Act since it became law five years ago.
Osborne refuses to assess impact of cuts on disabled people… then slashes their benefits 0
Have a guess as to which of the following people have dyspraxia:
"I didn't want to work in Asda. I wanted to run my own business," says 28-year-old Laura Green. The young entrepreneur from Runcorn, Cheshire, says that because she has Down's Syndrome people didn't think it was even worth talking to her about her future.
Disabled students in higher education: funding proposals Download and respond to consultation This Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) consultation is the promised public consultation on proposed changes to Disabled Students Allowance (DSA). The responses will be used to help BIS to decide what help a disabled student should expect to be supplied by their HE provider and what help should be supplied through DSAs. It sets out the Government's preferred view on how support supplied by HE providers and DSAs should be rebalanced - See section 7 (NMH) and section 8 (accommodation, peripherals and consumables). If changes result from this consultation, the Government expects to implement them from the Academic Year 2016/17, which would affect students from August 2016. Existing DSAs recipients will remain on the current scheme of DSAs support. Any changes will impact new DSA applicants only. The consultation only relates to HE students entitled to receive support from Student Finance England. Thi
Yesterday's emergency budget statement has left many of you wondering how changes to certain benefits will affect you. In this blog, Andy from our Policy & Campaigns team explains the main points.
