By Steven Naysmith http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15508062.UK_Government_cuts_driving_disabled_people_into_poverty__key_UN_committee_says/ Reblogged DISABLED people are dying as a result of austerity measures and discrimination, campaigners have
Month: August 2017
Activists plan day-long musical tribute to ‘radical and brilliant’ Robert Dellar
By John Pring Disability News Service August 24th 2017 Mental health service-users are planning a day-long musical celebration of
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CPS hate crime statement wins support
By John Pring Disability News Service August 24th 2017 Disabled campaigners say they are encouraged by a new public
DWP rejects PIP claimant’s appeal… before she receives decision notice
By John Pring Disability News Service August 24th 2017 Fresh concerns have been raised about the integrity of the disability
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Government’s VAT attack ‘sends out mixed messages on independent living’
By John Pring Disability News Service August 24th 2017 The government has been accused of “sending out mixed messages” on
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UK faces UN examination: DPOs ‘delighted’ with exposure of government’s failings
By John Pring Disability News Service August 24th 2017 Disabled people’s organisations who travelled to Geneva this week to
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UK faces UN examination: Government cuts caused ‘human catastrophe’
By John Pring Disability News Service August 24th 2017 An international committee of disabled human rights experts
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Minister told ‘alarm bells are ringing’ over disability hate crime
By John Pring Disability News Service August 17th 2017 Disabled campaigners have written to a government minister to warn
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Tackle education, career stereotypes and flexible working to close pay gap, says EHRC
By John Pring Disability News Service August 17th 2017 The equality watchdog has called for action to improve the education
Airports branded ‘poor’ on access over lack of consultation with disabled passengers
By John Pring Disability News Service August 17th 2017 One of the largest airports in the country has
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Bus industry set to face fresh legal action over access to wheelchair space
By John Pring Disability News Service August 17th 2017 The bus industry is facing fresh legal action over its
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DWP breaks promise to stop harassing child abuse victim in run-up to trial
By John Pring Disability News Service August 17th 2017 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has broken its
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‘My picture is proof that healthcare professionals lie in benefit assessments’
By John Pring Disability News Service August 17th 2017 A furious disability benefit claimant has produced what she says is
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Stop the Universal Credit Juggernaut
By Bernadette Meaden -Ekklesia August 11th 2017 The word juggernaut comes from the huge vehicles used by Indian temples to
Minister hears how to boost democratic involvement of disabled voters
By John Pring Disability News Service August 10th 2017 Disabled voters have told a minister what he should do to
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BBC bids to ‘shine a light’ on disabled performers
By John Pring Disability News Service August 10th 2017 Disabled actors have welcomed a new BBC scheme that aims
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Ministers ‘failed to consider impact of rules that would cut university access’
By John Pring Disability News Service August 10th 2017 Ministers have effectively admitted introducing a policy that will prevent many
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Labour MP to push for action on widespread claims of PIP assessment lies
By John Pring Disability News Service August 10th 2017 A Labour MP is to push for a Commons debate on
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DWP ‘is using lost benefit assessment letters to cut spending’
By John Pring Disability News Service August 10th 2017 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is using
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DPO plans court vigil as it intervenes in ‘hugely significant’ Care Act case
By John Pring Disability News Service August 10th 2107 A disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has intervened in a “hugely significant”
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