Miller defends firms queuing up to deliver PIP assessments
Britain’s minister for disabled people has defended plans that will see huge private sector companies fighting over contracts to carry out the new medical assessments that will determine disabled people’s eligibility for vital benefits.

DWP questioned over DLA analysis failings
Britain’s Department for Work and Pensions has been unable to produce any evidence to show that it has analysed the knock-on effects of its huge cuts to spending on disability living allowance.

Billy seeks a path to redemption after his 20-year prison hell
A Thalidomide survivor has been released from prison in the Philippines after serving nearly 20 years, thanks to a campaign led by a disabled activist and fellow survivor.

Jack Ashley: Tributes paid to “trailblazing” MP and peer
Tributes have been paid across the disability movement to Lord Ashley, the UK’s first deaf MP and a hugely committed campaigner for disability rights for more than 40 years, who died on 20 April.

True impact of DLA cuts could wipe out planned savings, warns DR UK
The knock-on effects of the British government’s huge cuts to spending on disability living allowance could wipe out every penny of the savings it is hoping for, according to a new report.

Sports bosses must improve on inclusion, says Hunt
Sports governing bodies must do much more to encourage disabled people to play sport regularly, according to the Cabinet minister responsible for the London 2012 Paralympics.

Cuts protest brings further traffic chaos to central London
Disabled activists have again disrupted central London traffic by chaining their wheelchairs across busy pedestrian crossings in protest at government cuts and welfare reforms.

UKDPC shrugs off trustee resignations
Four disabled activists have resigned from the board of the UK’s leading disabled people’s organisation following a disagreement over its future direction.

Websites suffer in comparison with decent access standards
Leading price comparison websites are ignoring their legal obligations to make their sites accessible to disabled people, according to a new report.

Banks must do more on access, says charity
A disability charity is calling on the British banking industry to do more to make its services accessible to blind and partially-sighted people.