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Anas Sarwar urged to stand up against Keir Starmer's 'two-tier disability system'

SCOTTISH Labour Leader Anas Sarwar has been urged to “change the habit of a lifetime” and oppose Keir Starmer’s proposal of a “two-tier…

The National (Scotland)

Assisted dying: Ex-judge says coercion ‘extraordinarily difficult to detect’

While agreeing with the principle of assisted dying, Lord Sumption has been critical of the Bill before Parliament.

The Independent UK

Disability rights campaigners urge MPs and peers to back assisted dying bill

Group including academics say they are ‘in solidarity with terminally ill people’ on option of having ‘a good death’

The Guardian - UK

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Why are campaigners calling for a ban on floating bus stops in London?

Disability Rights UK, Age UK London, and the London Sports Club for the Blind have all signed the petition

Evening Standard

'Foodbank trolleys in shops are getting emptier and emptier - things need to change'

Anna Morell, who works for Disability Rights UK, explains how changes to benefits and benefit systems since 2008 have meant that Disabled people have lost payments of around £1,200 on average each year

Daily Mirror

'Burning shame as Brits from all sections of society were left in Covid's crosshairs'

All Covid support has gone, but there are still shielders – disabled people who know their underlying conditions put them at too great a risk from Covid to venture out and reclaim a fully lived life now

Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 'Putting an actor in a fat suit to play an obese character on screen is ableist hogwash'

Anna Morell, who works for Disability Rights UK, says actor Brendan Fraser's interviews about his role in a fat suit, beg the question: why are we still using fat suits like this?

Daily Mirror

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'I’m a disabled person, not a person with a disability - it's a constant battle'

Disabled people battle constantly to be called what they are, with AP Styleguide's recent tweet a "vomit-inducing" example of the problem, says Mirror columnist Rachel Charlton-Dailey

Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 'Putting the "men" in 'menopause' at the expense of disability rights'

Disability Rights UK campaigner Anna Morell argues that women are not getting a fair deal when it comes to taking time off during the menopause

Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 'I like to move it, move it - but I can’t due to lack of sense on transport'

Travelling on trains and planes is a nightmare for disabled people just trying to get to their destinations as common sense goes out the window, writes Anna Morell from Disability Rights UK

Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 'Energy firms are feeling the heat from Ofgem - because disabled people can't'

A new report shows energy suppliers are not offering enough support to disabled customers with prepayment meters causing particular problems. writes Anna Morell from Disability Rights UK

Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 'Disabled people are not a lump to be pitied under the disempowering 'V word''

"The Vulnerable" is a name better suited to a crap indie band than to a complex, fully-rounded community of people, writes Anna Morell from Disability Rights UK

Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 'Businesses must hire more people with learning disabilities - they're an asset'

Anna Morell from Disability Rights UK says every leadership team in every corporate and government board needs somebody with learning disabilities because they bring the common sense that is sometimes lost

Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 'Disabilities are overlooked when school attendance rates are scrutinised'

Anna Morell, from Disability Rights UK, says while poverty is a factor in looking at the plummeting school attendance rates - taking into account disability is imperative to ensuring future generations are able to succeed academically

Daily Mirror

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Dis Life: 'Disabled Brits face more cuts and hoops to jump through to prove we are worthy'

Disability campaigner Anna Morell says that Therese Coffey burying the white paper won't 'shine a public light on the things which need fixing in the systems for which she is responsible'

The Independent UK

‘Punitive’ benefits policy will cause ‘significant distress’, say charities

Campaigners warned Government measures would make the winter harder for people in insecure jobs.

Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 'The accessible queue for queen's lying in state showed gaps we have to fill'

Anna Morell, from Disability Rights UK, says while equality was achieved with the accessible queue for the Queen's lying in state - it still wasn't equitable as it shut hours before the non-disabled one did

The Independent UK

Concerns that lying in state queue is ‘not accessible to disabled people’

A separate accessible queue is available for people unable to stand for long periods or those with specific needs.

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Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 'I don’t always want to be pushed around in a wheelchair'

Anna Morell, from Disability Rights UK, says she doesn't want to feel like a toddler 'plonked in a chair with tiny wheels', and wants wheelchairs with 'big wheels you can self-propel'

Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 'Disabled people spend a lot on adaptations and support - £150 is not enough'

Anna Morell of Disability Rights UK says £150 is a packet of peanuts for disabled people, who spend around £600 a month more than non-Disabled people on adaptations and support

Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 'What exactly is the Government hiding in its unreleased benefits reports?'

Anna Morell from Disability Rights UK says claimants aren't even told what their prospective new benefits will be until a week before they are paid them – they have to wait a month to find out

The Guardian - UK

Outrage as ministers reject post-Grenfell safety plans for disabled people

Personal fire evacuation plans were in public inquiry’s proposals, which ministers had said they would ‘accept in full’

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