04 July 2025
In a dramatic intervention, the minister for social security and disability, Sir Stephen Timms, announced just 95 minutes before MPs voted that no cuts at all to PIP would go ahead until his own review into PIP was completed. The Bill was passed by 335 to 260 votes. What does that mean and what happens next?
FULL ARTICLE03 February 2022
The British Deaf Association is delighted with the unanimous cross-party support for the British Sign Language Bill on its second reading in the House of Commons on 28 January.The BDA now calls upon Ministers and MPs to do everything in their power to get the British Sign Language Bill to Royal Assent in this parliamentary session and deliver long- overdue recognition, inclusion and equality to the Deaf community in Britain.
FULL ARTICLE11 February 2019
Disability Sheffield has joined with over one hundred social care sector organisations by signing an open letter to Ministers criticising the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill.The letter puts on public record serious concerns about the content, progress and passage of the Bill saying the reforms pose a real threat to the human rights of people requiring the greatest support in life.
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