Anti-Defamation Campaign in Defence of Disability Rights
By John Pring Disability News Service March 16th 2017 Disabled activists have welcomed “timely” new research that concludes that the
Continue reading‘Fitness for work’ test has led to deterioration in mental health, say researchers
By John Pring Disability News Service March 16th 2017 Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have come together to tell
Continue readingDPOs join forces to brief UN on how UK has breached disability convention
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th March 2017 Disabled activists have explained why they took to the
Continue readingActivists bring ‘no more benefit deaths’ message to Westminster
Re: #Bafta #IDanielBlake #KenLoach – Comment of the year – By Fiona Robertson ‘The one and only famous person outside
Continue readingFiona Robertson SNP on Trump, protest and U.K. disabled people
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th February 2017 Three national disabled people’s organisations have withdrawn a report they submitted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 9th February 2017 The Green Party has written to work and pensions secretary Damian
Continue readingGreen Party calls on government to launch benefit deaths inquiry
By John Pring Disability News Service 26th January 2017 Disabled activists have told MPs and peers
Continue readingMPs hear of activists’ anger and frustration over ministers’ response to UN report
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’
Published By Black Triangle November 19th 2016 Secretary General As U.K. disabled campaigners and civil society organisations we write
By John Pring Disability News Service November 17th 2016 Activists have paid tribute to Debbie Jolly, a central figure
Continue readingDebbie Jolly: a ‘force for good’ and a passionate social model advocate
“Consequently, the Committee considers that there is reliable evidence that the threshold of grave or systematic violations of the rights
By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd November 2016 Lawyers for the sister of a disabled man who died after
Continue readingCoroner asked to explain failure to hold inquest into benefit sanctions death
By Dr Sarah Glynn SUWN 1stNov 2016 Ahead of the IdeaSpace event in Glasgow this week, Dr Sarah Glynn of
Continue readingDr Sarah Glynn: Why we must resist the ‘work cure’
By John Pring Disability News Service October 6th 2016 Disabled activists have highlighted the “shameful” access barriers they
Continue readingDPAC highlights ‘shame’ of access barriers, despite millions spent on renovation
By John Pring Disability News Service October 6th 2016 Government ministers know their “fitness for work” system is making
Continue readingMinisters know their WCA system is increasing suicide risk, says Ken Loach
September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service Senior figures in the Labour and Green parties have pledged to
Continue readingILF closure cuts report produces instant results from Labour and Greens
August 28th 2016 By Mo Stewart “Stewart names names. She shows where and how the policies originated. She destroys
11th August 2016 Disabled activists are to hold a week of action to coincide with the start of the Rio
Continue readingDPAC will use Paralympics to highlight austerity impact in week of action
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’