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Mother of ESA suicide mum-of-nine praises activist for confronting McVey

By John Pring Disability News Service 19th April 2018 The mother of a woman who killed herself after her disability benefits were sanctioned has praised a disabled activist who confronted work and pensions secretary Esther McVey about her daughter’s death … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle Campaign, Class War Scotland, DPAC Glasgow, Jodey Whiting, Joy Dove, Marion Nisbet, SNP | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Scotland, Scottish politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

DPAC’s universal credit ‘crime scene’ protest is fresh call for action to disabled people

  By John Pring Disability News Service 19th April 2018 Disabled activists are hoping their latest protest in the heart of Westminster will empower other disabled people to follow their lead and fight the government’s social security cuts and reforms. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Andy Greene, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Laura Pidcock, Marion Nisbet, Sarah Newton MP, Universal Credit | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Labour, Politics, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Charities delivering DWP’s work programme ‘must promise not to attack McVey’

By John Pring Disability News Service 19 April 2018 Disability charities that sign up to help deliver the government’s new Work and Health Programme must promise to “pay the utmost regard to the standing and reputation” of work and pensions … Continue reading →

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Posted in Action On Hearing (RNID), DWP, Ingeus, Leonard Cheshire Disability(LCD), Maximus, Pluss, REED, Remploy, RNIB, Royal Association of Deaf People (RADP), Shaw Trust, Turning Point, Work & Health programme | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work & Health Programme | Leave a reply

The Nazis’ First Victims Were Disabled People ~ By Kenny Fries

  The Nazis’ First Victims Were Disabled People ~ By Kenny Fries in The New York Times : ‘I first discovered that people with disabilities were sterilized and killed by the Nazis when I was a teenager, watching the TV … Continue reading →

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Posted in #Human Catastrophe | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, Equality, Human rights, Society, Welfare, welfare state | Leave a reply

Isle of Man set to scrap its ‘fitness for work’ test

By John Pring Disability News Service 12th April 2018 Ministers on the Isle of Man are to scrap their version of the UK government’s much-criticised “fitness for work” test, prompting calls by disabled activists for the UK government to follow … Continue reading →

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Posted in Assessments, Black Triangle Campaign, Dependability Ltd, DWP, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Network neglect leaves government ‘closer to coercion than co-production’

By John Pring  Disability News Service 12th April 2018 The government’s reputation on disability equality has suffered a further damaging blow, after it admitted that none of the bodies it set up to engage with disabled people and their organisations … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Action Alliance, DRUK, DWP, The Alliance for Inclusive Education | Tagged Austerity, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Equality, John Pring, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

To live and die with a terminal illness in today’s Tory Britain – By A.S.

Reblogged with Permission of A.S. I cannot explain adequately what it is like to be terminally ill. To be told that the thing that is causing you so much pain and trouble is unbeatable, that you have lost the fight … Continue reading →

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Posted in #Human Catastrophe, A.S., Assessments, Black Triangle Campaign, Black Triangle News, Capita, DWP, Human Rights, PIP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Capita, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Equality, Human rights, PIP, Society, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state | 1 Reply

Anger over DWP refusal to repay claimants £150 million from botched reassessments

By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd March 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to pay back as much as £150 million owed to disabled people as a result of botched efforts to move them onto … Continue reading →

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Posted in Assessments, Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Dr Phillipa Whitford, DRUK, DWP, Frank Field, Linda Burnip | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Scottish politics, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Scrapped! Ministers ‘secretly ditch government’s disability strategy’

By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd March 2018 The government appears to have scrapped its cross-departmental disability strategy – which was aimed at “improving the lives of disabled people” – and abandoned any idea of replacing it. The Department … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conservatives, DWP, UN | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Fulfilling Potential, Human rights, John Pring, Welfare, Welfare Reform | 1 Reply

Spring statement: “As always the harshest cuts are falling on disabled people”

  Responding to the Spring Statement, John McDonnell, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor said: Let me thank the Chancellor for providing me with an earlier sight of his statement. I say to the Chancellor: his complacency today is astounding. We face – … Continue reading →

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Posted in John McDonnell, Labour Party | Tagged Austerity, cuts, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, Labour, Politics, Poverty, Spring Budget 2018 | Leave a reply

Deaf chief executive wins right to challenge Access to Work cap in court

By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 A Deaf chief executive has won the right to question the government’s “discriminatory” cap on Access to Work (AtW) payments in the high court, in the latest legal challenge to the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Action On Disability, Disability Justice Project, DWP, Ellen Clifford, Inclusion London, StopChanges2AtW campaign | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, John Pring, Politics, Society, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Motability row sparks anger and demand to use huge reserves to support customers

By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 Disabled campaigners have reacted to the political row over the Motability car scheme by calling for the organisation that runs it to use part of its huge financial reserves to increase … Continue reading →

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Posted in DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Ester McVey, Linda Burnip, Motability, PIP, WOW Campaign | Tagged Austerity, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, John Pring, PIP, UK news | Leave a reply

Watchdog begins probe into failure of regulators to punish lying PIP assessors

By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 A watchdog is examining the failure of two healthcare regulators to punish nurses, paramedics and physiotherapists who write dishonest benefit assessment reports. The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) is looking at concerns … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Capita, DWP, Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Health and Care professions Council HCPC, Mark Lucas, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)., PIP, The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | 6 Replies

The PIP Files: Senior MP to write to minister over ‘devastating’ revelations

By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 A senior opposition MP is to write to the minister for disabled people to ask how she plans to penalise government contractors Atos and Capita, following last week’s “devastating” revelations about … Continue reading →

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Posted in Anita Bellows, Assessments, Atos, Capita, John Slater, Marsha de Cordova, PIP, SNP, Stephen Hendry, Stephen Lloyd, Work and Pensions Select Committee, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Benefit assessment report welcomed, but concern over ‘preventable harm’ failings

By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 Disabled campaigners have welcomed a report by MPs on disability benefit assessments, which they say highlights “serious multiple failures”, but many believe it should have done more to highlight the serious … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle Campaign, Debbie Abrahams, DRUK, Inclusion London, John McArdle, John McDonnell, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Maggie Zolobajluk, Mo Stewart, ROFA | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, Politics, Scottish politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Benefit assessment system undermined by culture of mistrust, say MPs

By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 The disability benefit assessment system is being undermined by a “pervasive culture of mistrust”, fuelled by widespread claims that assessors are deliberately trying to prevent disabled people receiving the support they … Continue reading →

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Posted in #Human Catastrophe, Atos, Capita, DWP, Frank Field, Heidi Allen, Maximus, PIP, Tory. Tories, Work and Pensions Select Committee, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

‘Muddle’ and ‘confusion’ over DWP’s 1.6 million PIP reviews

By John Pring Disability News Service  February 8th 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is causing “muddle” and “confusion” by refusing to clarify which disabled people will have their claims re-examined through its mammoth programme of disability benefit … Continue reading →

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Posted in #Human Catastrophe, Atos, BuDS Buckingham Disability Service, Capita, Conservatives, DRUK, DWP, Ester McVey, Here2Support, Sarah Newton Minister for Disabled People | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Capita, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | 1 Reply

Disabled peer raises ‘deep concerns’ over impact of Brexit bill on rights

  By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 Disabled people should be concerned that the process of leaving the European Union (EU) could see their rights “lost or watered down”, according to a disabled peer. Baroness [Jane] Campbell … Continue reading →

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Posted in Baroness Jane Campbell, Conservatives, CRPD, EHRC | Tagged Austerity, Brexit, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Society, UK news, UNCRPD | 1 Reply

Government’s suicide prevention boss refuses to call for action on ESA risk stats

By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 The head of the government’s national suicide prevention strategy has refused to call on the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to highlight the high risk of suicide faced by … Continue reading →

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Posted in #Human Catastrophe, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), DWP, Professor Louis Appleby, Social Care, Tory, Tory. Tories, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, UK news | Leave a reply

The PIP Files: Nearly one in three Capita assessments were flawed, reports reveal

  By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 Nearly one in three of the disability benefit assessment reports completed by a private sector contractor were significantly flawed, confidential Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) documents suggest. The figures … Continue reading →

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Posted in #Human Catastrophe, Anita Bellows, Atos, Capita, Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, John Slater, PIP, Sarah Newton MP, Tory, Tory. Tories | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

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