Duncan Smith tells DNS: ‘I’m not going to be accused by you’ over mental health deaths
By John Pring Disability News Service October 6th 2016 Iain Duncan Smith has denied responsibility for the deaths of
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Statement on ending repeat work capability assessments for severe, lifelong conditions
October 3rd 2016 Yesterday we received the announcement from Damien Green that reassessments were to cease, Black Triangle unequivocally
Labour conference: Party ‘must do more on rights and inclusion’
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday September 29th 2016 of its content was ignored by the conference. Among
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Labour conference: Abrahams says party will scrap WCA… but not sanctions
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday September 29th 2016 A Labour government would replace the “discredited” fitness
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DWP issued guidance that made suicides more likely, then ‘lied’ to cover its tracks
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday September 29th 2016 or removing regulations 29 and 35, and said that such
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‘Fit for work’ suicide man’s sister tried to take her own life after DWP ordeal
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday September 21st 2016 The sister of a man driven to suicide
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ESA figures show ‘very disturbing’ drop in number placed in support group
15th September 2016 John Pring http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ “Very disturbing” new government figures show a steep fall in the proportion of
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FoI reveals EHRC chair’s ‘conflict of interest’ over welfare reform inquiry
15th September 2016 John Pring http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ The equality watchdog’s new chair, who is set to lead an investigation into whether Tory
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Government must rip up response to Equality Act report, say disabled peers
September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service Disabled peers have demanded that the government rips up its “frustrating”, “clichéd”
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Green’s new co-leader credits Independent Living Fund campaign
September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service The new co-leader of the Green party has told Disability News Service
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UN’s ‘fantastic’ inclusive education guidance is ‘embarrassment’ for UK government
September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service Strict new guidance published by the United Nations has increased pressure
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Disability hate crime has fallen since 2007-2010, surprise new figures suggest
September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service Levels of disability hate crime in England and Wales have fallen in
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Council wants to watch abuse survivor shower and toilet to check post-ILF needs
September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service A disabled woman has told how her local council is threatening to
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ILF closure cuts report produces instant results from Labour and Greens
September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service Senior figures in the Labour and Green parties have pledged to
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Benefit claimants die as DWP staff keep failing to follow suicide guidelines
September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to consider
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COMING SOON ~ ‘CASH NOT CARE’… Mo Stewart
August 28th 2016 By Mo Stewart “Stewart names names. She shows where and how the policies originated. She destroys
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
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DWP hides seven secret benefit suicide reviews
August 25th 2016 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to publish nine secret reviews into the deaths
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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
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
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