Outrage after Rishi Sunak scraps dedicated disabilities minister job during disability history month
Disability charity Scope said that the announcement sent an ‘appalling message to the 16 million disabled people in the UK’.
Disability charity Scope said that the announcement sent an ‘appalling message to the 16 million disabled people in the UK’.
Her comments were condemned by disability charities, with disability equality charity Scope slamming the ‘absurd comments’.
‘People with disabilities deserve better.’
‘For all the progress our country has made, largely under Labour governments, there are still too many disabled people of all ages who are locked out of everyday life’
New polling from the charity Leonard Cheshire found that a third of disabled adults – more than 2.8 million people – had less than £50 per week to pay for food and other essentials.
Tory policies have fragmented society and left us all feeling isolated. Creating a ‘Minister for Loneliness’ now is too little too late
164,000 people living with mental illness will now receive the benefits they were entitled to all along.
Too many campaign groups and demonstrations exclude those unable to march. It’s time for that to change.
Jonathan Bartley says disabled are prisoners in their homes thanks to Tory cuts
Three-quarters of homecare workers said they felt they did not have enough time to provide dignified care for elderly and disabled people