All news by author: Rachel Charlton-Dailey

The role of minister for disabled people has been downgraded by the government to be fulfilled by a parliamentary undersecretary who already has two other jobs, writes Rachel Charlton-Dailey

Mirror columnist Rachel Charlton-Dailey looks at how much the 'penny pinching' government are paying out this Christmas and what you can actually buy from the cheapest supermarkets for just £10

Today Jeremy Hunt said people signing off work sick were a “waste of potential” and that it was “morally wrong” that 100,000 people were on benefits without having to look for work

The DWP want to scrap specific parts of the work capability assessment that are designed to help those who are too sick or disabled to work

Mirror columnist Rachel Charlton-Dailey blasts the government after the shambolic Whatsapp reveals from the Covid Inquiry starring Dominic Cummings and an imaginative use of swear words

Mirror columnist Rachel Charlton-Dailey shared an alarming story of a person on Employment and Support Allowance searching for jobs that involve home working

Mirror columnist Rachel Charlton-Dailey is concerned about the way ADHD is spoken about in light of fears around medication shortages

Mirror columnist Rachel Charlton-Dailey says the Tory party conference is using disabled people to distract from their own damage to taxpayers

Mirror columnist Rachel Charlton-Dailey has been left unimpressed with the government's latest disability awareness campaign

Rachel Charlton-Dailey stresses it's certainly not easy to get benefits if you're disabled and involves a gruelling system that can be very hard to deal with

Stephanie Aston was told her painful symptoms were 'all in her head' before she died. This should be shocking, but as a disabled woman, it was also deeply upsetting, because for almost my whole life doctors have not believed me

Mirror columnist Rachel Charlton-Dailey is urging people to look beyond

This week, the UN Commission on the Rights of Disabled People committee took place but there was one notable absence - the UK's Minister Disabled People, Health and Work

While this variant doesn't seem as deadly, it has the potential to spread more than others, because of how little is stopping it - as though we’re doing our best to ignore it

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has ruled that disabled people face more discrimination and a growing risk of poverty with successive governments making little to no progress

The scheme will see sticks and crutches refurbished back to their top quality and redistributed around the world, and has already redistributed mobility aids to over 22 countries

'The government knows that they might have blood on their hands, so are determined to stop this from being uncovered in any way possible', writes RACHEL CHARLTON-DAILEY

YouGov poll shows just 46% of people think benefits claimants should have access to a phone, despite needing one to claim Universal Credit

It will sit alongside the National Disability Strategy and work on short-term solutions to the pressing issues disabled people face in everyday life

It’s great that the consultation has been extended - however, the law requires consultation processes to be twelve weeks and this will take it to just eight

Often when the news is dominated by big stories, it seems that governments and big corporations like to bury the bodies, so to speak

The language around disability fuels the way disabled people are treated by government, society and media. This is why Rosie Jones should change the name of her documentary

WARNING CONTAINS OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE: Comedian Rosie Jones has responded to backlash over her using an ableist slur in the title of her new documentary, which is set to be released soon on Channel 4

'When disabled people are physically unable to attend Pride events it gives the message that we don't belong in the LGBTQ+ community'

Despite pushback from activists and unions, the Department of Transport plans to announce the closure of almost 1,000 station ticket offices in devastating news for disabled people