Many disabled people have had no contact with the outside world for close to three months, often in flats with no access even to sunshine and fresh air, says Disability Rights UK.
Around six in 10 Conservative councillors said police, health services and schools had been put under extra pressure by reduced spending on children’s services.
Changes to the welfare system over the past ten years have left disabled adults four times worse off financially than non-disabled adults, according to new research commissioned by the Disability Benefit Consortium.
The family of a severely disabled Doncaster boy has had to wait three years for the council to provide them with the special adaptations their home needs, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found.
Parents of disabled children are struggling to hold down vital jobs because of a dearth of suitable and affordable childcare, flexible jobs and appropriate leave.
Food blogger Jack Monroe is under fire for alleging on Twitter that David Cameron ‘uses stories about his dead son as misty-eyed rhetoric to legitimise selling our NHS to his friends’ She has received criticism from Conservative MPs and a torrent of abuse from some Twitter users.
The High Court dismissal of a legal challenge to the ‘bedroom tax’ will increase the risk of homelessness for disabled families and vulnerable children, says Shelter.
The Children's Society has issued a statement following the government's latest Lords defeat, on cuts effecting disabled children, in the Welfare Reform Bill.