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DPAC’s 1,000-name letter backs Corbyn, disabled people’s champion

  August 25th 2016 More than 1,000 Deaf and disabled people and their allies have backed Jeremy Corbyn’s bid to be re-elected as Labour leader, after signing a letter recognising his years of support for key disability rights campaigns. The … Continue reading →

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Posted in DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Labour Party | Tagged Disability News Service, Disability Politics, Disabled People Against Cuts, John Pring, Labour, Politics | Leave a reply

Government ‘has stripped Paralympians of their Motability vehicles’

August 25th 2016 Paralympians heading to Rio next week have lost their Motability vehicles after being reassessed as part of the government’s programme of benefit cuts and reforms, a member of the ParalympicsGB team has revealed. Some Paralympians have spoken … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Capita, DWP, Paralympics, PIP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, Motability Scheme, MRHN Mental Health Resistance Network, PIP, Welfare Reform, Winvisible | Leave a reply

PIP computer system crashes again… twice

18th August 2016 Problems with the flawed computer system used to deal with claims for the government’s new disability benefit have left hundreds of callers stuck in lengthy telephone queues. The system used for new personal independence payment (PIP) claims … Continue reading →

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Posted in DWP, PIP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, MHRN | Leave a reply

Nearly one in three staff laid off by HMRC are disabled, says union

18th August 2016   Nearly a third of employees who have lost their jobs in an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) compulsory redundancy programme are disabled people, union officials have revealed. Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) … Continue reading →

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Posted in HMRC | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, Equality, UK news | 1 Reply

Bus companies ‘using loopholes’ to evade access laws

  August18th 2016 Public transport providers and local authorities are using loopholes in legislation to avoid their legal obligations to ensure that buses are accessible to disabled people, campaigners fear. They believe that transport companies are using three different loopholes … Continue reading →

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Posted in Ministry of Justice | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Equality, John Pring, UK news | 1 Reply

DPAC will use Paralympics to highlight austerity impact in week of action

11th August 2016 Disabled activists are to hold a week of action to coincide with the start of the Rio 2016 Paralympics, in a bid to highlight the impact of austerity-driven cuts on disability rights. Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, DWP, Paralympics, PIP, UKCRPD, United Nations | Tagged Atos, Benefits, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Documents show WCA suicide death mirrored 2010 tragedy

4th August 2016 John Pring A physiotherapist took just 35 minutes to carry out a face-to-face assessment that led to a man with complex mental health problems being found “fit for work”, a decision that appears to have triggered his … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, Chris Grayling, DWP, Ian Duncan Smith, Ministry of Justice, Police, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Politics, Scotland, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Capita suspends assessor after disablist, racist Facebook posts

4th August 2016  John Pring Disability News Service A disability benefits assessor with extreme right-wing sympathies has been suspended by the government contractor Capita after she posted disablist, racist comments about social security claimants on her Facebook page. The posts … Continue reading →

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Posted in Capita, Disability Discrimination, DWP, PIP | Tagged Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Capita, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, John Pring, UK news | 1 Reply

Downgrading social care minister ‘is serious backward step’

The Department of Health has been heavily criticised for downgrading the seniority of the minister in charge of adult social care. The last four ministers responsible for social care – Labour’s Phil Hope, Liberal Democrats Paul Burstow and Norman Lamb, … Continue reading →

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Posted in DRUK, Peter Beresford, Shaping our Lives | Tagged Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, John Pring, Politics, Scottish politics, Social care | 1 Reply

Rebooted Disability Confident ‘is shockingly bad’

Disabled campaigners have given mixed reviews to a new version of the government’s Disability Confident employment scheme, with one saying he was “genuinely shocked” by how weak it was. Disability Confident – which has urged employers to “see the ability, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Confident, DRUK, DWP, Purple | Tagged Benefits, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Equality, Human rights | Leave a reply

Law centre’s disabled clients ‘abandoned’ by governing body

A disabled solicitor has accused his governing body of forcing him to abandon disabled clients without legal representation, after it withdrew permission for his new law centre to take on legal aid cases. The Law Society of Scotland (LSS), the … Continue reading →

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Posted in The Law Society Of Scotland | Tagged Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Legal Spark Law Centre, Scottish politics | Leave a reply

Campaigners Call for Boycott Of Workfare Slave Labourers

Campaigners are calling for people to boycott workfare users this week after  a long court battle to get those taking part in using cheap workfare named and shamed to be released . See the list below and say ‘NO’ to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, Boycott Workfare, Disability Discrimination, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith | Tagged Black Triangle, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Society, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Workfare | Leave a reply

Delayed UN examination of UK government ‘will take place next year’

Disabled people’s organisations and grassroots groups are set to call on disabled people across England to provide the evidence they need to prepare a “hard-hitting” report on the government’s failure to implement the UN disability convention. The Reclaiming Our Futures … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, CRPD, Disability Wales, DRUK, EHRC, Equal Lives, Human Rights, Inclusion London, ROFA, Sisters of Frida, UKCRPD, United Nations | Tagged Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, Equality, Human rights, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Owen Smith challenged over disability record

One of the two prospective candidates to challenge UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has been accused over his record on people with disabilities. Owen Smith, who is the UK Member of Parliament for Pontypridd, was the Shadow Work and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, DWP, Human Rights, Labour Party, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Benefits, Disability Politics, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Politics, UK news, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

What does Owen Smith believe?

The right of the PLP are faced with an impossible conundrum. On the one hand, many of them believe that only through being tougher than the Tories on welfare, or being seen to want to drastically reduce immigration, can they … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, DWP, EHRC, Human Rights, Labour Party, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Human rights, Politics, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 2 Replies

Scotland ‘is not an easy option’ for England’s disabled Brexit refugees

Campaigners have warned disabled people considering a move to Scotland in the wake of the European Union (EU) referendum vote that there are considerable barriers standing in their way. The warnings came after Disability News Service reported last week that … Continue reading →

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Posted in Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, Inclusion Scotland | Tagged Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Scotland | Leave a reply

‘Single theme’ decision of government’s Action Alliance ‘feels like a cop-out’

A disabled-led network set up by the minister for disabled people in 2012 to offer the government advice on the implementation of its disability policies has cut the areas it focuses on to just one “strategic theme”. Esther McVey, then … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Action Alliance, DRUK, LIz Sayce | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Inclusion Scotland, John Pring | Leave a reply

Crabb scrapped IDS’s white paper because he ‘didn’t like the look of it’

  The new work and pensions secretary scrapped the disability and employment white paper prepared by his predecessor Iain Duncan Smith because he “didn’t like the look” of it, a Tory MP has told a parliamentary meeting. The new work … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, DWP, Stephen Crabb | Tagged British Dyslexia Association (BDA), Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

UN report raises ‘deep concerns’ about impact of austerity on disabled people

UN experts have expressed serious concerns about the impact of government austerity on the rights of disabled people and other disadvantaged groups. In a scathing report, the UN committee on economic, social and cultural rights said it was “seriously concerned” … Continue reading →

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Posted in DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, UN | Tagged Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Disability Politics, disability rights, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, Politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, welfare state | Leave a reply

Brexit vote: Disabled people seek safe haven in Scotland

Hundreds or even thousands of disabled people are so alarmed by the idea of Britain leaving the European Union (EU) that they are considering moving to Scotland, information from disabled activists suggests. One disabled campaigner has told Disability News Service … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News | Tagged Benefits, Black Triangle, Disability, Disability Politics, Scottish politics, UK news | 1 Reply

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