Disability

Comment

How closing the disability employment gap can plug the Treasury’s fiscal ‘black hole’

Comment

The next government must show disabled people that they matter

MP Comment

"Documents relating to the government's controversial fit-for-work tests could be blocked from publication after the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) launched a legal challenge."

Marsha de Cordova: ‘The government is creating a hostile environment for disabled people’

Comment

We don’t need an inquiry to tell us the government has failed Disabled people

News

Decision to ‘downgrade’ disabilities minister role met with anger from campaigners

Comment

Voter ID plans lack evidence & could suppress turnout, say MPs

Voter ID risks making Britain’s democracy less accessible to people with disabilities

In Parliament

Health benefits: ‘Disability assessment process needs changing’

Featured

Wales Humanists launches report on 100 years of disestablishment

No 10 confirms to Humanists UK there will be no blasphemy law

Humanists UK has received reassurances from the UK Government that it has no plans to reintroduce laws criminalising blasphemy or restrict freedom of expression around religion. This follows on from a question at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) that urged the Prime Minister to introduce a new blasphemy law in the mould of one suggested by Russia, China, and… Read more »

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MDU hopes England and Wales claims costs will reduce following change to the PI discount rate

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) welcomed news that the personal injury discount rate (PIDR) in England and Wales has been increased, potentially saving millions of pounds in the costs of compensation payments. Following a review, the Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood MP has determined that, with effect from 11 January 2025, the PIDR in England and Wales… Read more »