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NHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessments

Patient groups decry ‘scandalous’ delays as four integrated care boards take step due to soaring demand for diagnoses

Timms Review spends £1 million on sham co-production consultants - DPAC

Disabled People's Organisations, meanwhile, had to fight for even minimal funding for accessible engagement.

Think tank calls for Jobcentre Plus to be replaced with devolved model

Report proposes mayoral strategic authorities should take over "bureaucratic and distrusted" public employment service

Tories slammed for benefits pre-loaded cards scheme - 'built on stigma'

A similar model of pre-paid cards was proposed by ex-Tory Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith during the austerity years - but it was eventually dropped

New update to Sir Charlie Mayfield’s ‘Keep Britain Working’ review

Severely disabled teen wins three-month benefits battle after 'sanction' threat

Connor Donnelly’s mum and dad Steve and Helen had been told there were 'work-related requirements' for their wheelchair-bound, blind, nonverbal son’s Universal Credit claim.

Tories target universal credit claimants in plan condemned as ‘fast track to poverty’

Proposals aim to push people into work, but charities say families are still paying price of austerity cuts and rise in cost of living

Lack of knowledge on ‘reasonable adjustments’ affects significant minority of disabled workers,...

A lack of knowledge about reasonable adjustments – among both employers and employees – is causing problems for a “significant minority” of disabled workers, a government study has concluded. The s…

Decision to order level boarding trains is ‘massive victory’ for disabled campaigners

Disabled campaigners say the government’s decision to lease 29 battery-electric trains that will allow level boarding for disabled passengers at stations across the north of England is a “massive v…

Relief and tears after MPs reject assisted dying bill, as attention turns to palliative and social...

Disabled activists have spoken of their relief after MPs voted to reject a bill that would have legalised assisted suicide in England and Wales, but they say the focus must now shift to improving s…

Disabled MPs voted against assisted dying bill by two to one, records show

Twice as many disabled MPs voted against a bill that would have legalised assisted suicide in England and Wales as those that voted in favour, according to calculations by Disability News Service. …

Government research exposes misleading Tory and Reform calls for more face-to-face PIP assessments

New government research has exposed misleading calls by leading Conservative and Reform UK figures who have repeatedly claimed that assessments carried out remotely are more likely to lead to a suc…

London mayor’s first disability action plan is a ‘starting point’, as focus turns to implementation

Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) in the capital say the mayor of London’s first disability action plan is only a “starting point” in improving life for disabled Londoners, but that it is now …