Anti-Defamation Campaign in Defence of Disability Rights
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd March 2017 The UK government will not be able to achieve its
Continue readingNo chance of halving employment gap without tackling independent living, says DPO
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd March 2017 The announcement of billions of pounds of cuts
Continue readingBillions of pounds of PIP cuts ‘will put lives at risk’
By John Pring Disability News service 23rd February 2017 The equality and human rights watchdog has refused to withdraw its
Continue readingWatchdog refuses to withdraw report to UN that omits benefit deaths evidence
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th February 2017 Three national disabled people’s organisations have withdrawn a report they submitted
Continue readingNational DPOs forced to withdraw report sent to UN over benefit deaths evidence
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd February 2017 A crucial report submitted to the United Nations by
By John Pring Disability News Service 19/01/2017 The chief executive of the UK’s most prominent national disabled people’s
Continue readingSayce announces retirement, as ‘she is shortlisted’ for EHRC appointment
By John Pring Disability News Service 19/01/2017 The government has failed to provide annual figures that could have exposed
Continue readingGovernment denies missing stats would expose failure of disability strategy
By John Pring Disability News service November 25th 2016 The chancellor has shocked disabled activists by ignoring the
Continue readingChancellor’s social care and WRAG omissions ‘show contempt for disabled people’
by John Pring Disability News Service 3rd November 2016 Disabled activists have welcomed the decision of the equality watchdog’s disability
Continue readingActivists welcome disability commissioner’s decision to leave EHRC
By John Pring Disability News Service October 6th 2016 The government has confirmed that sick and disabled people who will
Continue readingTory conference: PIP claimants will not be spared retests, DWP admits
15th September 2016 John Pring http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ “Very disturbing” new government figures show a steep fall in the proportion of
Continue readingESA figures show ‘very disturbing’ drop in number placed in support group
11th August 2016 A leading user-led charity has called for more disabled people to be exempt from the cap
Continue readingCharity calls for WRAG exemption from benefits cap
The Department of Health has been heavily criticised for downgrading the seniority of the minister in charge of adult social
Continue readingDowngrading social care minister ‘is serious backward step’
Disabled campaigners have given mixed reviews to a new version of the government’s Disability Confident employment scheme, with one saying
Continue readingRebooted Disability Confident ‘is shockingly bad’
A company controlled by the disgraced US outsourcing giant Maximus apparently lied when it promised that user-led organisations would help
Continue readingMaximus company ‘lied’ about user-involvement in inspection contracts
The equality watchdog has earned cautious approval for its response to recommendations made by a House of Lords committee that
Continue readingEHRC earns cautious approval for response to Equality Act report
Disabled people’s organisations and grassroots groups are set to call on disabled people across England to provide the evidence they
Continue readingDelayed UN examination of UK government ‘will take place next year’
A trio of experts have destroyed government claims that cutting out-of-work benefits for disabled people will help
Continue readingDisability employment gap: Experts demolish government excuses for WRAG cut
A disabled-led network set up by the minister for disabled people in 2012 to offer the government advice on the
Continue reading‘Single theme’ decision of government’s Action Alliance ‘feels like a cop-out’
Providing support from their peers is an effective way of boosting disabled people’s job prospects, and should be used
Continue readingPeer support ‘could provide impetus for government’s jobs pledge’