Shadow minister set for disability equality road trip
A Labour shadow minister is to travel the country to ask disabled people for their help in designing a 21st-century social security system.
20 Dec 2015
A Labour shadow minister is to travel the country to ask disabled people for their help in designing a 21st-century social security system.
Two couples who have taken disability discrimination cases through the legal system have told a committee of peers about the barriers they have faced in trying to secure justice.
New welfare powers must put the needs of people first says committee Dignity and respect must be at the heart of a new a Scottish welfare system, MSPs have said.
A leading charity has expressed 'grave concern' over the Government's announcement of a consultation on transferring responsibility for Attendance Allowance to local authorities in England and Wales.
Complaints about new proposals for assessing pupils with lower attainment have been passed to the Children's Commissioner after a special needs expert spotted they could contravene children's rights.
The care watchdog has been criticised for awarding a discredited outsourcing giant new contracts to manage the use of service-users as expert advisers in care homes and hospitals.