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
Continue readingDocuments 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
Continue readingDocuments show WCA suicide death mirrored 2010 tragedy
John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 28 July 2016 The parents of a disabled man who took his
UN experts have expressed serious concerns about the impact of government austerity on the rights of disabled people and other
Continue readingUN report raises ‘deep concerns’ about impact of austerity on disabled people
While the country is entrenched in the mire of the EU referendum fallout, the Tories have just been slammed
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 26th May 2016 Labour’s shadow chancellor has called for Iain Duncan Smith to
Continue readingShadow chancellor backs calls to prosecute Iain Duncan Smith over WCA deaths
While the appropriate offence would be Misconduct in Public Office we would like share with you the following complaint to Northumbria
Continue readingBenefit Deaths: North East England Man Puts in Complaint to Northumbria Police
No civilian has any comprehension of life in British military forces, or the impact of the removal of that
Friday 20th May 2016 Addressing the TUC Disabled Worker’s Conference at Transport House in London today Shadow Chancellor of the
In a Debate after the Queens speech Deidre Brock MP said the following at 8.58; https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-05-18/debates/16051856000002/DebateOnTheAddress#contribution-16051881000088 “Let me offer
Ministers have refused to say if they implemented 10 measures – recommended by their own civil servants – that would
Continue readingMinisters refuse to say if they implemented 10 measures to save lives
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally admitted that it could be partly responsible for the deaths of
Continue readingHow a single word shows DWP has finally owned up on benefit deaths
Updated from: http://loopys-rollingwiththepunches.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/iain-duncan-smith-legacy.html The following is a list of policies and damning court decisions and findings undertaken under
‘I, Daniel Blake’ moved Cannes audiences to tears and is greeted with shouts of ‘BRAVO!’ Black Triangle Campaign is in
Continue readingLoach film on shame of poverty in Britain moves Cannes to tears
By John Pring Disability News Service Saturday 14th May 2016 After 21 months of smokescreens, excuses, obstruction and secrecy, work
By Patrick Butler and John Pring ‘Peer reviews’ challenge claims by ministers that there is no connection between welfare reform
Continue readingSuicides of benefit claimants reveal DWP flaws, says inquiry
Two disabled peers have criticised ministers for refusing to collect figures that would demonstrate the impact of a key element
Continue readingIt is ‘not value-for-money’ to collect vital PIP stats on 20-metre rule, says DWP
The new work and pensions secretary has suggested the government’s pledge to halve the disability employment gap will face lengthy
Continue readingCrabb hints at lengthy delays to manifesto pledge on disability jobs gap
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 5th May 2016 Scottish police are assessing whether to launch a criminal
Continue readingPolice Scotland assessing possible investigation into IDS and Grayling
Benefits claimants are subjected to an ‘amateurish, secret penal system which is more severe than the mainstream judicial system’, writes
BBC Question Time, Grimsby, Thursday 22nd October 2015 LINK TO FULL SEGMENT [Scroll to 35 minutes 35 seconds into the