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
August 28th 2016 By Mo Stewart “Stewart names names. She shows where and how the policies originated. She destroys
August 25th 2016 More than 1,000 Deaf and disabled people and their allies have backed Jeremy Corbyn’s bid to
Continue readingDPAC’s 1,000-name letter backs Corbyn, disabled people’s champion
August 25th 2016 Paralympians heading to Rio next week have lost their Motability vehicles after being reassessed as part of
Continue readingGovernment ‘has stripped Paralympians of their Motability vehicles’
August 25th 2016 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to publish nine secret reviews into the deaths
Continue readingDWP hides seven secret benefit suicide reviews
18th August 2016 Disabled experts have suggested a raft of ways in which the government could help to fulfil its
Continue readingExperts call for focus on Access to Work, adjustments, attitudes… and funding
18th August 2016 Problems with the flawed computer system used to deal with claims for the government’s new disability benefit
18th August 2016 Nearly a third of employees who have lost their jobs in an HM Revenue and Customs
Continue readingNearly one in three staff laid off by HMRC are disabled, says union
August18th 2016 Public transport providers and local authorities are using loopholes in legislation to avoid their legal obligations to
Continue readingBus companies ‘using loopholes’ to evade access laws
11th August 2016 A leading user-led charity has called for more disabled people to be exempt from the cap
Continue readingCharity calls for WRAG exemption from benefits cap
11th August 2016 The Arts Council has awarded hundreds of thousands of pounds to the disability arts movement in
Continue readingArts Council funding is ‘vote of confidence’ in disability arts organisation
11th August 2016 The government could have saved nearly £48 billion in social care costs over five years if it
Continue readingGovernment ‘could have saved £48 billion on social care’ with full funding of DFGs
11th August 2016 Disabled activists are to hold a week of action to coincide with the start of the Rio
Continue readingDPAC will use Paralympics to highlight austerity impact in week of action
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 John Pring DWP silent over ‘fitness for work’ tests carried out by drunk Atos nurse The Department
Continue readingDWP silent over ‘fitness for work’ tests carried out by drunk Atos nurse
4th August 2016 John Pring Disability News Service A disabled campaigner has launched a new photo-based website that has put
Continue readingAccess website’s inclusive solution after one man’s lifetime of photography
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