3 h. ago Scottish social justice secretary urges Chancellor not to slash Motability car scheme

SNP’s Shirley-Anne Somerville writes to UK ministers warning them not to balance the books at the expense of disabled people.

Society

16 h. ago ‘Everyone said it was impossible’: disabled hikers find freedom through off

Using an all-terrain vehicle that’s essentially the Jeep of wheelchairs, a New York tour group helps disabled people get on the trailFormer firefighter Gina Kothe’s right foot was crushed in an aerial-ladder accident during a 2010 blaze in Kingston, New York.After months of false hope and a failed surgery, doctors decided her foot would have to be amputated. She fell into depression. “I had a slight addiction to painkillers,” she recalled. “I would shower every three or four days, and wear the same barbecue-stained T-shirt for two or three days in a row.” Continue reading...

Politics

63 h. ago Disabled people who want to work say they can’t due to ‘chronically underfunded’ welfare system and accessibility issues

Author of major review on how to keep people in work warns UK is ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’ amid ‘enormous’ cost to employers from ill health among workers

Economics

4 d. ago Carmakers warn UK crackdown on Motability scheme will hit sales

Programme helps fund vehicles for disabled people

Events

4 d. ago Almost HALF of young people not working or studying are classed as 'disabled' after a huge rise in mental health diagnoses

Some 45.8 per cent of 16 to 24-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) were classed as disabled last year - up by 24.3 percentage points in a decade.

Events

1 week ago New DWP update on plans for full review of PIP before next Autumn

The DWP has announced that disabled people will shape the Timms Review into PIP.

Politics

1 week ago Two disability experts appointed to help lead Government review of major benefit

Sir Stephen Timms suggested disabled people would be placed ‘at the heart’ of the review he is undertaking into personal independent payments.

Politics

1 week ago Winter heating payment of £255 for young people on disability benefits before end of this week

Child Winter Heating Payments will be issued automatically to almost 45,000 young disabled people in Scotland.

Economics

2 w. ago Stirlingshire carer takes home top award after work on poverty and disability

Carolynne Hunter has been leading the way on issues such as fuel poverty and rights for disabled young people while looking after daughter Freya - with her case recently attracting support from actress Kate Winslet.

Events

2 w. ago Parents, pensioners and disabled people due up to £305 in one

More than half a million children and families in Scotland received cash help for winter energy bills last year.

Economics

3 w. ago Chancellor says she ‘can’t leave welfare untouched’ this parliament as budget looms

Rachel Reeves understood to be eyeing cuts to Motability scheme as she tries to plug hole in country’s financesRachel Reeves has said she “can’t leave welfare untouched” this parliament, with the Treasury understood to be considering axing up to £1bn in tax breaks for a scheme providing cars for disabled people.The chancellor set out her thinking on welfare before next month’s budget in an interview, having previously said she would need to make cuts and raise taxes. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Illegal migrants facing deportation 'are given art classes and IT lessons... at a cost to the taxpayer'

Prisoners and those having their immigration status decided at Brook House and Tinsley House, near Gatwick Airport, will apparently have access to a range of luxuries including 'welfare buddies'.

Economics

3 w. ago New calls for free bus travel for carers providing support for disabled people

Local authorities can use government funding to offer discretionary concession travel to people within their communities.

Transport

3 w. ago New calls to give early State Pension payments to disabled people over 60

An online petition is calling on the UK Government to change State Pension eligibility rules.

Economics

4 w. ago Thousands of UK households could get council tax discount and save hundreds

The Disabled Band Reduction Scheme is meant to help disabled people who may be in larger properties because of their needs

Politics

last month People on disability benefits due an extra £255 payment before end of this month

Child Winter Heating Payments will be issued automatically to almost 45,000 young disabled people in Scotland.

Economics