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EU laws ‘have played crucial role’ in fight for disability rights

Disabled people have been urged to recognise the importance of the European Union (EU) in maintaining and building on their rights, across areas such as access to information, transport and accessible goods and services. The call for disabled people to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, Baroness Jane Campbell, Disability Discrimination, EHRC, Human Rights | Tagged Disability Politics, disability rights, Equality, Human rights, UNCRPD | Leave a reply

Peer support ‘could provide impetus for government’s jobs pledge’

  Providing support from their peers is an effective way of boosting disabled people’s job prospects, and should be used far more in government work programmes, according to two new studies. The research from Disability Rights UK (DR UK) and … Continue reading →

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Posted in DRUK, DWP, Human Rights, LIz Sayce, Stephen Crabb | Tagged Access to Work, Austerity, Back to Work Schemes, Benefits, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Peer Support, Work and Health Unit, Work Foundation | Leave a reply

TUC Disabled Workers Conference: ‘Most disabled teachers face harassment’

  Four-fifths of disabled teachers face harassment and discrimination at the hands of head teachers and other senior managers, disabled union delegates have been told. Members of the TUC Disabled Workers Conference heard of the “growing evidence of increasing and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Discrimination, Human Rights, TUC | Tagged Disability Politics, disability rights, Equality, Human rights, Politics, UK news | Leave a reply

Activists protest outside premiere of ‘disability snuff movie’

Appalled activists protested outside a London premiere last night after describing the film as a “disability snuff movie” that suggests disabled people are better off dead. The protest outside the Curzon Mayfair cinema in London’s West End was coordinated by … Continue reading →

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Posted in Baroness Jane Campbell, Blog, Disability Discrimination, Euthanasia, Human Rights, Liz Carr, Not Dead Yet | Tagged Baroness Jane Campbell, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Equality, Human rights, Liz Carr, Me Before You, Not Dead Yet UK, Trailblazers, UNCRPD | Leave a reply

DWP ‘puts child abuse trial at risk’ by insisting on PIP reassessment

A traumatised child abuse victim has branded the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) “shameful” for trying to force him to attend a benefits reassessment, when he is waiting to give evidence at an institutional abuse trial. David* has severe … Continue reading →

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Posted in DWP, Human Rights, PIP, Stephen Crabb | Tagged Benefits, Disability, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, welfare state | Leave a reply

Shadow chancellor backs calls to prosecute Iain Duncan Smith over WCA deaths

By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 26th May 2016 Labour’s shadow chancellor has called for Iain Duncan Smith to face criminal charges over allegations that his failure to address a coroner’s concerns about the “fitness for work” test led … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, John McDonnell, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Benefit Deaths: North East England Man Puts in Complaint to Northumbria Police

While the appropriate offence would be Misconduct in Public Office we would like share with you the following complaint to Northumbria Police by Mr. Oliver Swingler of Newcastle. Deaths of Benefit Claimants  Posted Sunday 22nd May 2016 12.48pm For the Attention … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, Chris Grayling, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, John McDonnell, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, disability rights, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, Welfare | Leave a reply

A SENSE OF BETRAYAL-Mo Stewart

  No civilian has any comprehension of life in British military forces, or the impact of the removal of that life when unexpectedly returned to ‘Civvy Street’ following the onset of a permanent illness or a profound disability, with the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Disability Discrimination, DWP, EHRC, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Unum, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, Disability, disability rights, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Shadow Chancellor Joins Black Triangle’s Call for IDS and Grayling to Face Criminal Charges

Friday 20th May 2016 Addressing the TUC Disabled Worker’s Conference at Transport House in London today Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell MP said: “We must not be silent on the deaths of disabled people.I want to see Iain … Continue reading →

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Posted in Chris Grayling, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, John McDonnell, WCA Deaths | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John McDonnell, TUC, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

Deidre Brock MP Tells Government Ministers Would Be Wise to Listen to Black Triangle Campaigners

  In a Debate after the Queens speech  Deidre Brock MP said the following at 8.58; https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-05-18/debates/16051856000002/DebateOnTheAddress#contribution-16051881000088 “Let me offer the Government some small ideas for improving their programme: some pointers with which to up their game. Instead of focusing … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, Chris Grayling, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Deidre Brock MP, Disability, disability rights, DWP, Equality, foodbanks, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, Politics, Scottish politics, Welfare Reform | 1 Reply

Research will examine the ‘untold stories’ of LGBT service-users

  By Raya Al Jadir New research will investigate the “untold stories” of disabled lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the social care system. The study will explore the experiences of LGBT disabled men and women who use … Continue reading →

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Posted in CQC, Disability Discrimination, Human Rights, LGBT | Tagged disability rights, Human rights, Independant Living, LGBT, Stonewall | Leave a reply

Northants police ‘fail again on hate crime’, after autistic man is attacked again

A police force already under investigation for disability hate crime failures when dealing with a young autistic man is now facing another complaint after officers ignored his family’s plea to investigate a second brutal attack. Daniel Smith was only finally … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Hate crime, Disability Hate Crime Network, Human Rights, Ministry of Justice | Tagged Disability Hate Crime Network, disability rights, Equality, Hate crime, Human rights | Leave a reply

Outrage over ‘horrifying’ and ‘miserable’ plans to scrap Human Rights Act

A string of user-led organisations have warned that the government’s “horrifying” plans to scrap the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British bill of rights will lead to a loss of vital legal protection for disabled people. Proposals … Continue reading →

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Posted in DWP, EHRC, Human Rights, Ministry of Justice | Tagged Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, Equality, Human rights, Politics, Society, UNCRPD | Leave a reply

Ministers refuse to say if they implemented 10 measures to save lives

Ministers have refused to say if they implemented 10 measures – recommended by their own civil servants – that would have made it less likely that “vulnerable” benefit claimants would lose their lives. The 10 recommendations were taken from some … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Chris Grayling, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Stephen Crabb, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Poverty, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

How a single word shows DWP has finally owned up on benefit deaths

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally admitted that it could be partly responsible for the deaths of some benefit claimants. The admission came – quietly – after its release of heavily-redacted versions of 49 secret “peer reviews” … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Stephen Crabb, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Poverty, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Iain Duncan Smith Legacy

  Updated from: http://loopys-rollingwiththepunches.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/iain-duncan-smith-legacy.html   The following is a list of policies and damning court decisions and findings undertaken under the watch of Iain Duncan Smith (emphasis on those affecting disabled people): April 2011: LHA (Local Housing Allowance) is reduced to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Blog, Disability Discrimination, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, LIz Sayce, PIP, Stephen Crabb, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, disability rights, DWP, Equality, foodbanks, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, Politics, Poverty, UK news, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment, Workfare | 1 Reply

COMMENT:Long-awaited peer reviews suggest ministers failed to act after deaths of ‘vulnerable’ claimants

By John Pring Disability News Service Saturday 14th May 2016 After 21 months of smokescreens, excuses, obstruction and secrecy, work and pensions ministers have finally been forced to publish some of the conclusions reached by their own civil servants about … Continue reading →

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Posted in DWP, EHRC, Human Rights, Stephen Crabb, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Comment, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Politics, Poverty, Society, UNCRPD, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

Suicides of benefit claimants reveal DWP flaws, says inquiry

By Patrick Butler and John Pring ‘Peer reviews’ challenge claims by ministers that there is no connection between welfare reform policies and deaths of vulnerable claimants A series of secret internal inquiries into the deaths of people claiming social security … Continue reading →

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Posted in DWP, EHRC, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Stephen Crabb, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Disability News Service, disability rights, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Patrick Butler, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment | 2 Replies

The increasing death toll due to the loss of benefits

The increasing death toll due to the loss of benefits Thank to Maggie Zolobajluk @22magoo for her support in this extremely sad task. 14 Sep 2015 — The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) published guidance to Jobcentre officials who decide whether … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, Disability Discrimination, DWP, EHRC, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Maria Miller, Stephen Crabb, Unum, WCA Deaths | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, disability rights, DWP, Equality, Politics, Poverty, UK news, UNCRPD, Work Capability Assessment | 2 Replies

Isaac takes EHRC chair, despite concerns over DWP ‘outsourcing’ work

The new chair of the equality watchdog has taken up his new post, despite question-marks over potential conflicts of interest arising from his legal firm’s work for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and other government departments. David Isaac … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, DWP, EHRC, Human Rights, Stephen Crabb | Tagged Disability News Service, disability rights, Equality, Human rights, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare | Leave a reply

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