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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

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

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

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

‘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

DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work, court hears
Disability benefits

DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work, court hears

The UK must change for disabled people in 2025 – so we can live the lives we deserve
Mikey Erhardt

The UK must change for disabled people in 2025 – so we can live the lives we deserve

Assisted dying is a step closer to being legalised – but are the safeguards tough enough?
Assisted dying

Assisted dying is a step closer to being legalised – but are the safeguards tough enough?

Letters: Our US ‘special relationship’ could be dangerous if there’s a world war
Letters

Letters: Our US ‘special relationship’ could be dangerous if there’s a world war

DWP says there’s ‘more learning to do’ as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP says there’s ‘more learning to do’ as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants

Paris Paralympics is a stark reminder of the barriers most disabled people face in sport
Mikey Erhardt

Paris Paralympics is a stark reminder of the barriers most disabled people face in sport

I was granted Freedom of the City but – in my wheelchair – not the freedom of the room
Anna Landre

I was granted Freedom of the City but – in my wheelchair – not the freedom of the room

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Neither Labour nor Tories are going far enough for disabled people – we deserve better
Mikey Erhardt

Neither Labour nor Tories are going far enough for disabled people – we deserve better

How outdated misconceptions about people with learning disabilities are holding society back
Ben Tinkler

How outdated misconceptions about people with learning disabilities are holding society back

“I knew I was miserable but to say I’d rather be dead? It hurts me that my younger self didn’t see a future.” Actor Liz Carr’s lightbulb moment that changed her life
Press Release

“I knew I was miserable but to say I’d rather be dead? It hurts me that my younger self didn’t see a future.” Actor Liz Carr’s lightbulb moment that changed her life

Activist to take DWP to court over disability benefit reforms: ‘Disabled voices should be heard’
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Activist to take DWP to court over disability benefit reforms: ‘Disabled voices should be heard’