George Osborne is reportedly poised to use a reduction of £55 a week in benefit payments to disabled people in order to fund a middle-class tax giveaway at next week's Budget.
Gill Thompson was outside the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) yesterday, with a banner of names of people she says have died due to benefit sanctions - including her brother David Clapson.
Petition Reverse the ESA disability benefit cut
Disability Rights UK made suggestions for changing the law following the recent court decision concerning wheelchair access on buses Following the decision on Firstgroup Plc v Paulley it was established that a driver has no power, under the Public Service Vehicles (Conduct of Drivers, Inspectors, Conductors and Passengers) Regulations (the 'conduct regulations') to compel any passenger who is not a wheelchair user to move from a designated wheelchair area.
One of the disabled campaigners whose "bedroom tax" cases were heard in the Supreme Court this week has spoken of his "contempt" for ministers who have forced them to spend years fighting for their rights through the legal system.
As the Government's migration of disabled people from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) with Personal Independence Payments (PIP) picks up pace, Ruth Patrick talks to members of the network which is determined to reveal Department for Work and Pensions' hidden intentions.
