Atos nurse struck off over PIP assessment lies
11th August 2016 A nurse has been struck off after pretending that she had assessed disabled people for their eligibility
Continue readingAtos nurse struck off over PIP assessment lies
11th August 2016 A nurse has been struck off after pretending that she had assessed disabled people for their eligibility
Continue readingAtos nurse struck off over PIP assessment lies
4th August 2016 John Pring Disability News Service A disabled man was left to survive on the streets of London
Continue readingHomeless ordeal of disabled man forced onto streets by hospital
4th August 2016 John Pring A physiotherapist took just 35 minutes to carry out a face-to-face assessment that led to
Continue readingDocuments show WCA suicide death mirrored 2010 tragedy
4th August 2016 John Pring Disability News Service A disability benefits assessor with extreme right-wing sympathies has been suspended by
Continue readingCapita suspends assessor after disablist, racist Facebook posts
Angry campaigners have attacked the government’s new hate crime action plan for its “totally disrespectful” failure to address problems
Continue readingGovernment’s hate crime plan’s ‘unforgiveable’ failure on disability
The Department of Health has been heavily criticised for downgrading the seniority of the minister in charge of adult social
Continue readingDowngrading social care minister ‘is serious backward step’
Disabled campaigners have given mixed reviews to a new version of the government’s Disability Confident employment scheme, with one saying
Continue readingRebooted Disability Confident ‘is shockingly bad’
A company controlled by the disgraced US outsourcing giant Maximus apparently lied when it promised that user-led organisations would help
Continue readingMaximus company ‘lied’ about user-involvement in inspection contracts
A disabled solicitor has accused his governing body of forcing him to abandon disabled clients without legal representation, after it
Continue readingLaw centre’s disabled clients ‘abandoned’ by governing body
Campaigners are calling for people to boycott workfare users this week after a long court battle to get those taking
Continue readingCampaigners Call for Boycott Of Workfare Slave Labourers
John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 28 July 2016 The parents of a disabled man who took his
Organisations that represent disabled people from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities face blatant and widespread discrimination at the hands
Continue readingFunding drought ‘shows up discrimination faced by BME groups’
The equality watchdog has earned cautious approval for its response to recommendations made by a House of Lords committee that
Continue readingEHRC earns cautious approval for response to Equality Act report
A campaigning alliance has called for disabled people and their organisations to join its fight to use the UN disability
Continue readingROFA’s conference hears call to build a stronger alliance
The government is facing calls for a “fundamental rethink” of its approach to Access to Work (AtW), after new figures
Continue readingDrop in Access to Work numbers shows DWP ‘is strangling the scheme’
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’
Disabled activists say they are “deeply concerned” by the “troubling” decision to appoint an outspoken supporter of legalising assisted suicide
Continue readingConcern over Mordaunt’s ‘troubling’ appointment as disability minister
Thursday 21st July 2016 1400 hrs BST Dr Tony Cox was today sentenced to 150 hours community service at 0945
Continue readingScottish Campaigner Dr Tony Cox Found Guilty
The right of the PLP are faced with an impossible conundrum. On the one hand, many of them believe that
Campaigners have warned disabled people considering a move to Scotland in the wake of the European Union (EU) referendum vote
Continue readingScotland ‘is not an easy option’ for England’s disabled Brexit refugees