#CripTheVoteUK #GE2017: Tory disability minister endorses forced institutionalisation of disabled people
Election 2017: Tory disability minister endorses forced institutionalisation By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 1st June 2017
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#GE2017 “I cannot believe that so many people across the UK are planning to vote for such a hard, uncaring Tory Government” ~ Dr Philippa Whitford MP (SNP) Consultant Breast Cancer Surgeon
“I cannot believe that so many people across the UK are planning to vote for such a hard, uncaring Tory Government – and that so many others will simply stand back and not vote at all” ~ Surgeon Dr Philippa Whitford MP (SNP) … Continue reading#GE2017 “I cannot believe that so many people across the UK are planning to vote for such a hard, uncaring Tory Government” ~ Dr Philippa Whitford MP (SNP) Consultant Breast Cancer Surgeon
Shock as Universal Credit rules treat sick as ‘fit for all work-related activity’ – against GPs explicit orders
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 25 May 2017 Activists ‘horrified’ by universal credit rules forcing sick claimants into
‘I’m suffering’: woman who confronted May tells of disability cuts ordeal
By Alexandra Topping https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/may/16/woman-who-confronted-theresa-may-disability-cuts-ordeal-kathy-mohan Kathy Mohan, who became an overnight champion of disabled people, says Tories’ PIP scheme has
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Disabled people ‘denied access to justice by failure of judges on reasonable adjustments’
By John Pring Disability News Service May 11th 2017 Disabled people are being denied access to justice because of judges’
Concern as minister appoints Tory peer as equality watchdog’s disability lead
By John Pring Disability News Service April 27th 2017 The government’s decision to appoint a second consecutive Tory
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Concern over UN’s ‘silence’ on benefit-related deaths
By John Pring Disability News Service 6th April 2017 Disabled activists fear that the UN committee examining the
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Potential Legal Challenge to £30 p.w. ESA Cut – defendants needed
From Monday (3rd April), new recipients of employment and support allowance deemed healthy enough to carry out ‘work related activities’
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‘Fitness for work’ test has led to deterioration in mental health, say researchers
By John Pring Disability News Service March 16th 2017 Disabled activists have welcomed “timely” new research that concludes that the
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DPOs join forces to brief UN on how UK has breached disability convention
By John Pring Disability News Service March 16th 2017 Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have come together to tell
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Activists bring ‘no more benefit deaths’ message to Westminster
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th March 2017 Disabled activists have explained why they took to the
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#BMJ #BritishMedicalJournal ‘#FirstDoNoHarm’: are #WCA #disabilityassessments associated with adverse trends in #MentalHealth? ~ assessments have had serious adverse consequences for mental health in England, which could outweigh any benefits that arise from moving people off disability benefits – A longitudinal ecological study – B Barr1, D Taylor-Robinson1, D Stuckler2, R Loopstra2, A Reeves2, M Whitehead1 Author affiliations
Abstract Background In England between 2010 and 2013, just over one million recipients of the main out-of-work disability benefit had
Sister launches judicial review claim in bid for sanctions death inquest
By John Pring Disability News Service 16th February 2017 The sister of a disabled man who died after being
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Fiona Robertson SNP on Trump, protest and U.K. disabled people
Re: #Bafta #IDanielBlake #KenLoach – Comment of the year – By Fiona Robertson ‘The one and only famous person outside
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National DPOs forced to withdraw report sent to UN over benefit deaths evidence
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th February 2017 Three national disabled people’s organisations have withdrawn a report they submitted
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Green Party calls on government to launch benefit deaths inquiry
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th February 2017 The Green Party has written to work and pensions secretary Damian
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UN report failure on benefit deaths by national DPOs ‘is extreme insult to activists’
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd February 2017 A crucial report submitted to the United Nations by
MPs hear of activists’ anger and frustration over ministers’ response to UN report
By John Pring Disability News Service 26th January 2017 Disabled activists have told MPs and peers
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Joint – letter from the United Kingdom Disabled People’s Movement and Allied Civil Society Organisations to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
Published By Black Triangle November 19th 2016 Secretary General As U.K. disabled campaigners and civil society organisations we write
Debbie Jolly: a ‘force for good’ and a passionate social model advocate
By John Pring Disability News Service November 17th 2016 Activists have paid tribute to Debbie Jolly, a central figure
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