Comment and media

On the 17th of August the Court of Appeal will hear a case of R (on the application of Davey) v Oxfordshire County Council). Disabled people want to make sure the judges understand the impact this case will have on their lives. That’s why we intervened in proceedings and will hold a vigil before the hearing.

We’re proud to campaign with actor Cherylee Houston, who was on ITV Granada this week speaking about welfare reforms and their impact on Disabled people.

Our response to the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s new report into the disability employment gap, including the Government’s plans to cut the Employment Support Allowance for new WRAG claimants.

Read our response to the two new initiatives aimed at supporting Disabled people into employment

This year Inclusion London has been instrumental in gaining news coverage around several issues affecting Deaf and Disabled people. Here are some of our highlights.

The Equality Trust co-ordinated the following letter signed by Inclusion London and London DDPOs calling for the socio-economic duty on public bodies, contained within section 1 of the Equality Act 2010, to be brought into force.

On Monday 7th November 2016 the United Nations published findings of an inquiry concluding that there is reliable evidence of grave or systematic violations of the rights of disabled people in the UK as a result of welfare reforms.

The country’s highest court, the Supreme Court, has ruled that the Government discriminated against a disabled woman and her husband and a severely disabled child who needs overnight care through the implementation of the ‘bedroom tax’.

Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations working with lawyers to fight for our rights

All the evidence suggests that current social policy is failing miserably, and the only way it is likely to be challenged is by a politics of involvement and empowerment. An extract from Professor Peter Beresford’s inaugural lecture at the University of Essex.