‘It’s a dark time to be disabled in the UK right now’
08-05-2025 08:00 via metro.co.uk

‘It’s a dark time to be disabled in the UK right now’

Disability campaigner and presenter Sophie Morgan spoke to Metro ahead of the Scope Award winners being announced next week (Picture: Metro/Rex/ITV)TV presenter Sophie Morgan is calling for greater protections for the disabled community after a raft of ‘inhumane’ government cuts.The Loose Women panellist, who also presented Crufts this year, told Metro that it is ‘unbearable’ and a ‘dark and difficult time’ for disabled people in the UK right now.Sophie said
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