Vicar risks Jail and Bankruptcy
A vicar has said he is prepared to be bankrupted and go to prison to highlight benefit cuts and charges
A vicar has said he is prepared to be bankrupted and go to prison to highlight benefit cuts and charges
By Tommy Shepard FOUR elections and a referendum: It’s been a helluva five years. With the new SNP Government now
A feature article by Mo Stewart For the purposes of budgeting, politicians discuss welfare and healthcare seperately. Of course, in
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Arts leaders must do more to tackle the “acute” lack of opportunities for disabled actors on stage and screen, according
Providing support from their peers is an effective way of boosting disabled people’s job prospects, and should be used
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Four-fifths of disabled teachers face harassment and discrimination at the hands of head teachers and other senior managers, disabled
Continue readingTUC Disabled Workers Conference: ‘Most disabled teachers face harassment’
Union delegates say the government’s decision to reverse planned cuts to its new disability benefit could be a turning-point in
Continue readingTUC Disabled Workers Conference: PIP U-turn ‘could be turning-point’ in fightback
Appalled activists protested outside a London premiere last night after describing the film as a “disability snuff movie” that suggests
Continue readingActivists protest outside premiere of ‘disability snuff movie’
A disabled parent has accused his local authority of discriminating against him by refusing to take his access needs
Continue readingSchool admissions process ‘discriminates against disabled parents’
A traumatised child abuse victim has branded the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) “shameful” for trying to force him
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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
By Raya Al Jadir New research will investigate the “untold stories” of disabled lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
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A police force already under investigation for disability hate crime failures when dealing with a young autistic man is now
Continue readingNorthants police ‘fail again on hate crime’, after autistic man is attacked again
The government may have abandoned its target to halve the disability employment gap, according to a leading disabled people’s organisation.
Continue readingCampaigners fear Crabb has abandoned target to halve employment gap
A string of user-led organisations have warned that the government’s “horrifying” plans to scrap the Human Rights Act and replace
Continue readingOutrage over ‘horrifying’ and ‘miserable’ plans to scrap Human Rights Act
The computer system used for new personal independence payment (PIP) claims has crashed twice in a week, just days after
Continue readingPIP system crashes again… twice… but DWP still blames ‘technical glitches’