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DPOs consider boycott of government engagement over ‘misrepresentation’ at UN

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By John Pring Disability News Service September 7th 2017 Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are to consider boycotting any engagement with the UK government, after it misrepresented their views to a UN committee of human rights experts. The UN committee on … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, Black Triangle Campaign, British Deaf Association, Disability Wales, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, Equal Lives, Inclusion London, Inclusion Scotland, ROFA, Sisters of Frida, Tories, UN, UNCRPD, United Nations | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Scottish politics, Society, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

UK faces UN examination: DPOs ‘delighted’ with exposure of government’s failings

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  By John Pring Disability News Service August 24th 2017 Disabled people’s organisations who travelled to Geneva this week to help highlight the government’s continuing human rights violations have praised a UN committee of disabled experts for publicly exposing the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, Conservatives, CRPD, Disability Wales, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, DWP, Ellen Clifford, Equal Lives, Human Rights, Inclusion London, Inclusion Scotland, ODI, Rhian Davies, Sally Witcher, Tories, Tracey Lazard, UN, UNCRPD, United Nations | 2 Replies

UK faces UN examination: Government cuts caused ‘human catastrophe’

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By John Pring   Disability News Service   August 24th 2017   An international committee of disabled human rights experts have delivered a series of withering attacks on the UK government over its failure to implement the UN disability convention. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, CRPD, Disability Wales, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, DWP, Equal Lives, Human Rights, Inclusion London, Inclusion Scotland, UN, UNCRPD, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

New disabled MP was former campaigns officer for BCODP

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By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd June 2017   One of the two disabled Labour MPs elected to parliament for the first time earlier this month is a former campaigns officer for the British Council of Disabled People (BCODP), … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, Anne Pridmore, Baroness Jane Campbell, Jared O Mara | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, DNS, John Pring, Politics, UK news | Leave a reply

Concern over UN’s ‘silence’ on benefit-related deaths

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 6th April 2017   Disabled activists fear that the UN committee examining the UK’s progress on implementing the disability rights convention may be ignoring links between the government’s welfare reforms and the deaths … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, Atos, Chris Grayling, Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, UKCRPD, UN, United Nations, WCA Deaths, Work and Pensions Select Committee, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Equality, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, UNCRPD, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

DPOs join forces to brief UN on how UK has breached disability convention

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  By John Pring Disability News Service March 16th 2017   Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have come together to tell a UN committee the different ways in which the UK government has been breaching the UN Convention on the Rights … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, Black Mental Health UK, Black Triangle Campaign, British Deaf Association, Disability Action NI, Disability Wales, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, Equal Lives, European Disability Forum, Human Rights, Inclusion London, Inclusion Scotland, International Disability Alliance, LIz Sayce, People First Scotland, ROFA, Spectrum Centre for Independant Living, UKCRPD, UN, United Nations | Tagged Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, Human rights, John Pring, Scotland, Scottish politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

McDonnell pledges Labour will force government to debate UN ‘rights violations’ report

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By John Pring  Disability News Service Novemeber 17th 2016 Labour’s shadow chancellor has promised that the government will be dragged before MPs to explain why it was found guilty of “grave or systematic violations” of disabled people’s human rights by … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, Black Triangle Campaign, Debbie Jolly, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Equal Lives, Inclusion London, John McDonnell, Labour Party, MHRN, UKCRPD, UN, Winvisible | Tagged Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Equality, John Pring, Politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

UN’s ‘fantastic’ inclusive education guidance is ‘embarrassment’ for UK government

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  September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service Strict new guidance published by the United Nations has increased pressure on the UK government to abandon its opposition to an inclusive education system, say campaigners. The guidance, published by the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, UKCRPD | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, UK news, UNCRPD | Leave a reply

ROFA’s conference hears call to build a stronger alliance

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A campaigning alliance has called for disabled people and their organisations to join its fight to use the UN disability convention to defend attacks on their rights by the UK government. The Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance (ROFA) was holding its … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, Disability Sheffield Centre for Independent Living, Equal Lives, People First (Self Advocacy, Peter Beresford, ROFA, Shaping our Lives, UKDPC | Tagged Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, Equality, John Pring | Leave a reply

Delayed UN examination of UK government ‘will take place next year’

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Disabled people’s organisations and grassroots groups are set to call on disabled people across England to provide the evidence they need to prepare a “hard-hitting” report on the government’s failure to implement the UN disability convention. The Reclaiming Our Futures … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, CRPD, Disability Wales, DRUK, EHRC, Equal Lives, Human Rights, Inclusion London, ROFA, Sisters of Frida, UKCRPD, United Nations | Tagged Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, Equality, Human rights, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

EU laws ‘have played crucial role’ in fight for disability rights

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Disabled people have been urged to recognise the importance of the European Union (EU) in maintaining and building on their rights, across areas such as access to information, transport and accessible goods and services. The call for disabled people to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, Baroness Jane Campbell, Disability Discrimination, EHRC, Human Rights | Tagged Disability Politics, disability rights, Equality, Human rights, UNCRPD | 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

Apprenticeship taskforce welcomed, despite concerns over membership

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Disabled campaigners are hoping a new government taskforce will lead to apprenticeships becoming more accessible to disabled people, despite concerns over who ministers will invite to take part. Three government departments announced this week that they have set up the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, Black Triangle News, Blog, DWP, LIz Sayce, Stephen Crabb | Tagged Black Triangle Campaign, Disability News Service, disability rights, DWP, Equality, UK news, Welfare | Leave a reply

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