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Perfect Show for Rachel presents a joyful world of possibility for disabled people
Theatre

Perfect Show for Rachel presents a joyful world of possibility for disabled people

Perfect Show for Rachel is currently touring the UK. Big Issue sits down with its creative director (and sister of the star) Flo O’Mahony

Disabled journalist fears ‘secret cuts’ to Access to Work could force her out of employment
Access to Work

Disabled journalist fears ‘secret cuts’ to Access to Work could force her out of employment

Journalist Emily Davison, who is legally blind, has had her DWP Access to Work support slashed by 80%. She fears what’s next.

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability

Meet our 2026 Changemakers. Here Big Issue celebrates the individuals and groups who are doing their bit for those who require a bit of additional help and support

Would a quarter of workers really be better off ‘swapping wages for benefits’?
Benefits

Would a quarter of workers really be better off ‘swapping wages for benefits’?

Access to Work delays double in four years leaving disabled people at risk of losing jobs
benefits

Access to Work delays double in four years leaving disabled people at risk of losing jobs

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Blind NHS psychologist fears losing job after DWP slashed her Access to Work support: ‘I was sobbing’
Access to work

Blind NHS psychologist fears losing job after DWP slashed her Access to Work support: ‘I was sobbing’

Disabled people faced a politically tumultuous 2025. What does next year have in store?
Mikey Erhardt

Disabled people faced a politically tumultuous 2025. What does next year have in store?

Disabled people have to be at the table with the government to ‘keep Britain working’
Claire Fisher

Disabled people have to be at the table with the government to ‘keep Britain working’

This is how it feels to be a disabled woman desexualised by the world
Lucy Webster

This is how it feels to be a disabled woman desexualised by the world

Disabled man may be forced to close his business after DWP slashed his Access to Work support
Access to work

Disabled man may be forced to close his business after DWP slashed his Access to Work support

Gogglebox star Daniel Lustig-Webb: ‘Why I’m learning sign language at 50-years-old’
Daniel Lustig-Webb

Gogglebox star Daniel Lustig-Webb: ‘Why I’m learning sign language at 50-years-old’

How Arsenal is empowering young disabled people through football: ‘It’s one of the best things you can do’
Football

How Arsenal is empowering young disabled people through football: ‘It’s one of the best things you can do’

Letters: It’s anti-migrant ‘protesters’ that make me feel unsafe – not asylum seekers
Letters

Letters: It’s anti-migrant ‘protesters’ that make me feel unsafe – not asylum seekers

MPs must vote down Labour’s benefits cuts – the health of the nation is at stake
Mikey Erhardt

MPs must vote down Labour’s benefits cuts – the health of the nation is at stake

Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: ‘A disaster on every front’
Disability benefit cuts

Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: ‘A disaster on every front’

Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’
Access to Work

Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’

Government warned disability benefit cuts will drive people into homelessness, not work
Homelessness

Government warned disability benefit cuts will drive people into homelessness, not work

Deaf President Now! and the greatest civil rights movement you’ve probably never heard of
Film

Deaf President Now! and the greatest civil rights movement you’ve probably never heard of

Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?
Five years since the pandemic

Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?

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

We may have learning disabilities – but we still want the same opportunities as everyone else
Kerry Martin and Emily Burr

We may have learning disabilities – but we still want the same opportunities as everyone else

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

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

Labour’s rental reforms not doing enough for disabled tenants, MPs and campaigners warn
Renters' Rights Bill

Labour’s rental reforms not doing enough for disabled tenants, MPs and campaigners warn

I’m a disabled artist and activist. I create art where everyone is valued – including nature
Greta Chambers-McMillan

I’m a disabled artist and activist. I create art where everyone is valued – including nature

‘The world needs more kindness’: People with learning disabilities share their hopes for 2025
Tommy Jessop, Aaron Plummer and Sas Granville

‘The world needs more kindness’: People with learning disabilities share their hopes for 2025