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

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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

Tomlinson admits to ignorance about biopsychosocial model

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The minister for disabled people has admitted to complete ignorance about the model that lies at the heart of his government’s programme of disability benefit reforms. Justin Tomlinson was asked what his thoughts were about the biopsychosocial (BPS) model of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, DWP, Stephen Crabb, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Benefits, Disability, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Inclusion London, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

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

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  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

Relief after doctors maintain strong opposition to assisted suicide

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Disabled activists have welcomed the decision of doctors to vote strongly against relaxing their union’s position on physician-assisted suicide. The British Medical Association (BMA) voted by 63 per cent to 37 per cent this week at its annual representative meeting … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, Not Dead Yet | Tagged BMA, Disability News Service, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, Welfare | Leave a reply

PIP figures fuel concerns over cuts, while activists plan day of action

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          Only about seven in 10 disabled people who were previously claiming disability living allowance (DLA) are being found eligible for the government’s new disability benefit, official figures have revealed. The Department for Work and Pensions … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, DWP, Future Events & Protests, PIP, Stephen Crabb | Tagged Benefits, Disability, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Equality, Welfare | Leave a reply

Election leaves UN disability committee with 17 men and just one woman

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Disabled activists are calling on the UN to take action after elections to the 18-strong committee that oversees the implementation of its disability rights convention left it with just a single female member alongside 17 men. The committee on the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, CRPD, Disability Discrimination, International Disability Alliance, International Disability and Development Consortium, Sisters of Frida, UKCRPD | Tagged Disability News Service, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Politics, Society, UNCRPD | Leave a reply

Police force faces two watchdog probes over treatment of autistic people

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A police force has launched an internal review of its treatment of disabled people, after it was forced to refer two separate incidents involving young autistic men to the police watchdog. One case referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission … Continue reading →

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Posted in Autism, Black Triangle News, CPS, Disability Discrimination, Disability Hate Crime Network, Human Rights, Police | Tagged Disability, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, UK news | Leave a reply

Ministers ‘breach FoI laws’ by delaying release of fresh benefit deaths reviews

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Ministers are delaying the release of nine secret reviews into the deaths of benefit claimants, even though civil servants apparently prepared them for release three weeks ago under freedom of information laws. A response to a request to release redacted … Continue reading →

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Posted in DWP, EHRC, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Stephen Crabb, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Benefit Deaths, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

Report finds support for efforts to find a social model of mental distress

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Most mental health service-users are still deeply divided about identifying with the social model of disability, but still favour moving away from the medicalised attitude of professionals and towards a more “social” approach, according to a new report. The user-led … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Discrimination, DWP, MInd, Peter Beresford, Rethink | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, Mental health, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment, Workfare | Leave a reply

Peer support ‘could provide impetus for government’s jobs pledge’

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  Providing support from their peers is an effective way of boosting disabled people’s job prospects, and should be used far more in government work programmes, according to two new studies. The research from Disability Rights UK (DR UK) and … Continue reading →

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Posted in DRUK, DWP, Human Rights, LIz Sayce, Stephen Crabb | Tagged Access to Work, Austerity, Back to Work Schemes, Benefits, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Peer Support, Work and Health Unit, Work Foundation | Leave a reply

TUC Disabled Workers Conference: PIP U-turn ‘could be turning-point’ in fightback

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Union delegates say the government’s decision to reverse planned cuts to its new disability benefit could be a turning-point in the fightback against its repeated attacks on disabled people. The TUC Disabled Workers Conference in London voted in favour of … Continue reading →

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Posted in TUC | Tagged Benefits, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, John Pring, Welfare | Leave a reply

School admissions process ‘discriminates against disabled parents’

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  A disabled parent has accused his local authority of discriminating against him by refusing to take his access needs into account when deciding which primary school his son can attend in September. Youcef Bey-Zekkoub believes the school admissions process … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, Disability Discrimination, Nicky Morgan | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, DNS, Education, Equality, John Pring, Society | Leave a reply

DWP ‘puts child abuse trial at risk’ by insisting on PIP reassessment

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A traumatised child abuse victim has branded the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) “shameful” for trying to force him to attend a benefits reassessment, when he is waiting to give evidence at an institutional abuse trial. David* has severe … Continue reading →

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Posted in DWP, Human Rights, PIP, Stephen Crabb | Tagged Benefits, Disability, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, welfare state | Leave a reply

PIP system crashes again… twice… but DWP still blames ‘technical glitches’

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The computer system used for new personal independence payment (PIP) claims has crashed twice in a week, just days after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) insisted it was “working as it should”. On both occasions, last Wednesday (11 … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, DWP, PIP, Stephen Crabb | Tagged Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Welfare | 1 Reply

Ministry of Justice failure may have exposed hundreds to fraudster’s activities

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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) appears to have exposed hundreds of disabled people to the activities of a fraudster and convicted paedophile who posed as a lawyer to steal the money they were owed from discrimination claims. The Claims Management … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, Ministry of Justice | Tagged Black Triangle Campaign, disability rights, DNS, Fraudsters, Human rights, John Pring, Justice | Leave a reply

Ministers refuse to say if they implemented 10 measures to save lives

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Ministers have refused to say if they implemented 10 measures – recommended by their own civil servants – that would have made it less likely that “vulnerable” benefit claimants would lose their lives. The 10 recommendations were taken from some … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Chris Grayling, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Stephen Crabb, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Poverty, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

How a single word shows DWP has finally owned up on benefit deaths

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally admitted that it could be partly responsible for the deaths of some benefit claimants. The admission came – quietly – after its release of heavily-redacted versions of 49 secret “peer reviews” … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Stephen Crabb, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Poverty, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

COMMENT:Long-awaited peer reviews suggest ministers failed to act after deaths of ‘vulnerable’ claimants

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By John Pring Disability News Service Saturday 14th May 2016 After 21 months of smokescreens, excuses, obstruction and secrecy, work and pensions ministers have finally been forced to publish some of the conclusions reached by their own civil servants about … Continue reading →

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Posted in DWP, EHRC, Human Rights, Stephen Crabb, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Comment, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Politics, Poverty, Society, UNCRPD, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

It is ‘not value-for-money’ to collect vital PIP stats on 20-metre rule, says DWP

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Two disabled peers have criticised ministers for refusing to collect figures that would demonstrate the impact of a key element of new benefit rules that will see tens of thousands of people losing their Motability vehicles. The Liberal Democrat peer … Continue reading →

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Posted in DWP, Ian Duncan Smith, LIz Sayce, PIP, Stephen Crabb | Tagged Disability News Service, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Society, welfare state | Leave a reply

Disabled Access Day sees venue numbers quadruple

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More than 1,000 venues and an estimated 10,000 people took part in the second annual Disabled Access Day, according to a new report. The figures show that last month’s event, which saw eight countries taking part, attracted 10 times the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, Human Rights | Tagged Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights | Leave a reply

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