Keme Nzerem
Scary and thrilling – the world of disabled mountain-biking
Keme Nzerem goes to meet a group of disabled mountain-bikers, and the new bike that’s allowed them to do the sport they love.
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FactCheck: Cutting through the confusion on disabled benefits
People who claim now should not be worse off in the short term. That is an important point that charities have sometimes been guilty of failing to spell out.
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Victoria Macdonald
Heroin ‘unchic’
“The over-40s were a legacy from the last recession which saw an epidemic of heroin use.”
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Victoria Macdonald
Disability campaigner Lord Morris dies aged 84
Victoria Macdonald blogs on the death of Lord Morris and his impact on disability legislation in the UK.
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Jackie Long
No place for segregated employment in the modern world?
Jackie Long meets the Remploy employees out on strike over plans to shut 27 of the company’s 54 factories.
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Jon Snow
The Paralympian quest for normality
It’s either an act of TV madness… or an inspired determination by Channel 4 to attempt the most comprehensive coverage of the Paralympics in the history of the games, writes Jon Snow.
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FactCheck: Will disabled people suffer under the Welfare Reform Bill?
“At time of writing, it remains unclear how the government attempts to make the two key numbers match up.”
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FactCheck: Is the Government’s new benefits policy fit to work or shirking its duties?
Half a million people ‘on the sick’ are really fit to work, the Government estimates. But how realistic are the claims behind the benefits shake-up?
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CutsCheck: Northern Exposure
During the Labour conference in Manchester, CutsCheck looks at the cuts the city council is making ahead of the comprehensive spending review next month.