Judges find DWP ‘fitness for work’ test breaches the Equality Act and is illegal
A judicial review has ruled that the test used to decide whether people are fit for work actively discriminates against the mentally ill.
13 May 2015
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United Nations Probing UK Over 'Grave' Human Rights Violations Of Disabled
The United Nations has launched an investigation into whether Iain Duncan Smith's disability benefit changes have led to "grave or systemic violations" of disabled people's human rights.
13 May 2015
Council sued over access to polling stations for disabled people.
A London council is being sued for failing to ensure a polling station was accessible to people with disabilities.In the first case of its kind in the UK, Adam Lotun, a wheelchair user, is claiming his human rights were breached because he could not vote last year.
25 Apr 2015
Welcome to the United Patients Alliance website
The United Patients Alliance seeks to advance legal access to cannabis for patients with chronic conditions and we wish to see medical cannabis reintroduced into the British Pharmacopoeia.
16 Apr 2015
Padraig Lynch
As we are coming up to election time. Hoping for a change of Government.
9 Apr 2015
Fresh calls for ‘turn-up-and-go’ assistance from train operators
Added: 26 March 2015 | Updated: 27 March 2015
6 Apr 2015