disabled children’s charity funds shady think tanks
The Good Law project has uncovered a donor to the shadowy network of right-wing dark money think tanks based at Tufton Street. Joining the ranks of its usual band of…
DWP protest at parliament as disabled people block entrances
Disabled people staged a sit-in outside parliament on Monday 2 September. It happened after security denied them entry to the building (which they’d previously been given permission for) to deliver…
Tanni Grey-Thompson inaccessibility the norm for disabled people
On Monday night Tanni Grey-Thompson had to do something she’s unfortunately accustomed to now – crawl off a train. She had the same experience 12 year ago, too. Tanni Grey-Thompson’s…
Breaking Barriers – The Importance of Mobility for Disabled Activists
Activism is a powerful force for change, driven by individuals who refuse to accept the status quo and are determined to create a better world. But for many, the ability…
Disabled TODDLERS target of right-wing ‘benefit scrounger’ agenda
The new Labour Party government might be in summer recess, but there’s no time like the present for throwing disabled people under the bus. It’s summer recess – but don’t…
Daily Mail just fired the starting gun for the new DWP war on disabled people
The Daily Mail has had a busy couple of days spewing out scapegoating propaganda for its billionaire owners and the political class. The Canary’s HG reported on its vile Islamophobic…
disabled woman WRONGLY accused of £28k fraud
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has wrongly stripped a disabled woman of her vital Personal Independence Payment (PIP). In a shameful example of the department’s callous and overzealous…
government in court over disabled people
A legal challenge over the UK government’s failure to protect disabled people, property and infrastructure from the foreseeable impacts of the accelerating climate crisis was heard in the High Court…
Disabled people already protesting over their basic rights
Chronically ill and disabled people took over Parliament Square to demand that the new Labour Party government undo years of damage caused by the Tories. From the DWP to social…
No more disabled people-killing Tories. But Labour…? Hmm.
Well hello again. It’s been a while hasn’t it? When we last spoke (well I last spoke at you) we were finally about to be free of the fascist-supporting, forcing…
BBC forced to change headline over Israel killing disabled man
The BBC has changed a headline about Israel after viral condemnation. Israeli soldiers set a combat dog on a Palestinian man living with Down’s syndrome in Gaza during a raid…
Disabled people set to protest demands of new Labour government
Labour Party MP and former shadow chancellor John McDonnell is set to join chronically ill and disabled people at a protest on the first full day of the new parliament.…