disability
New report reaveals a third of those with a visual impairment in Wales lives in poverty
A new report by the Bevan Foundation today demonstrates the inhumane levels of poverty in the visually impaired in Wales.
The nasty department: DWP threaten to take disabled children away from parents
The DWP is sending out threatening, menacing letters to disabled parents, ordering them to do as they say or risk having their children taken into care.
Now the Tories come for the blind people’s benefits
It emerged today the Tory-led government has plans to attack the benefits of blind people, reports Shamik Das.
How DWP’s incompetence cost taxpayers and disabled people
The Department for Work and Pensions' failure to scrutinise the consequences of disability benefit reform raises serious questions about their competence.
As Lords debates DLA reforms, charities call for pause to welfare reform bill
Ahead of today’s Lords debate on DLA reforms, the Papworth Trust is leading a coalition of charities in calling for a pause to the welfare reform bill.
Labour’s failings on disability – and the way forward
Ben Baumberg writes about where Labour can move on from the ‘benefit scrounger’ argument.