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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

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

September 7, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service September 7th 2017 Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are to consider boycotting any engagement with

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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

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

August 24, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service August 24th 2017 Disabled people’s organisations who travelled to Geneva this week to

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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

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

August 24, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service August 24th 2017 An international committee of disabled human rights experts

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Allfie, Anne Pridmore, Baroness Jane Campbell, Jared O Mara

New disabled MP was former campaigns officer for BCODP

June 23, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd June 2017 One of the two disabled Labour MPs elected to parliament

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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

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

April 6, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 6th April 2017 Disabled activists fear that the UN committee examining the

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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

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

March 17, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service March 16th 2017 Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have come together to tell

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Allfie, Black Triangle Campaign, Debbie Jolly, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Equal Lives, Inclusion London, John McDonnell, Labour Party, MHRN, UKCRPD, UN, Winvisible

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

November 17, 2016 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service Novemeber 17th 2016 Labour’s shadow chancellor has promised that the government will be dragged

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Allfie, UKCRPD

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

September 8, 2016September 10, 2016 JJ

September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service Strict new guidance published by the United Nations has increased pressure

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Allfie, Disability Sheffield Centre for Independent Living, Equal Lives, People First (Self Advocacy, Peter Beresford, ROFA, Shaping our Lives, UKDPC

ROFA’s conference hears call to build a stronger alliance

July 21, 2016 JJ

A campaigning alliance has called for disabled people and their organisations to join its fight to use the UN disability

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Allfie, CRPD, Disability Wales, DRUK, EHRC, Equal Lives, Human Rights, Inclusion London, ROFA, Sisters of Frida, UKCRPD, United Nations

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

July 21, 2016 JJ

Disabled people’s organisations and grassroots groups are set to call on disabled people across England to provide the evidence they

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Allfie, Baroness Jane Campbell, Disability Discrimination, EHRC, Human Rights

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

June 16, 2016 JJ

Disabled people have been urged to recognise the importance of the European Union (EU) in maintaining and building on their

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Allfie, Disability Discrimination, Nicky Morgan

School admissions process ‘discriminates against disabled parents’

May 26, 2016 JJ

A disabled parent has accused his local authority of discriminating against him by refusing to take his access needs

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Allfie, Black Triangle News, Blog, DWP, LIz Sayce, Stephen Crabb

Apprenticeship taskforce welcomed, despite concerns over membership

May 12, 2016 JJ

Disabled campaigners are hoping a new government taskforce will lead to apprenticeships becoming more accessible to disabled people, despite concerns

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