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New disabled MP accuses government of ‘eugenics’

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Picture Courtesy of Guardian   By John Pring Disability News Service 6th July 2017 A newly-elected disabled MP has accused the Conservative government of introducing policies inspired by “eugenics” in the hope that disabled people will “suffer and die”. Labour’s … Continue reading →

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Posted in Access to Elected Office Fund, Black Triangle Campaign, Chris Grayling, Conservatives, Disability Discrimination, Disability Labour, Disability Sheffield Centre for Independent Living, DWP, Euthanasia, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, ILF Fund, Jared O Mara, Jared O'Mara, Paces, Tories, Tory, UKCRPD, UN, UNCRPD, WCA Deaths | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 1 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

Mother of ‘fit for work’ victim calls for ministers to face criminal charges

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By John Pring Disability News Service 9th February 2017   The mother of a disabled man who starved to death after he was found “fit for work” and lost his out-of-work disability benefits has called for ministers to face criminal … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle Campaign, Chris Grayling, CPS, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Green Party, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Jonathan Bartley, Police, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Scotland, UK news, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Joint – letter from the United Kingdom Disabled People’s Movement and Allied Civil Society Organisations to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon

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Published By Black Triangle November 19th 2016 Secretary General   As U.K. disabled campaigners and civil society organisations we write to you to denounce attempts to delegitimise the UN interim report by UN officials carried out under Article 6 of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle Campaign, Chris Grayling, Conservatives, Debbie Jolly, Disability Discrimination, Disability Hate crime, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, EHRC, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, IFS, Lord David Freud, Mary O Hara, Maximus, Mo Stewart, PIP, UKCRPD, UN, United Nations, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Catalina Devandas Aguila, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, Equality, foodbanks, Grant Shapps, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, PIP, Politics, Poverty, Raquel Rolnik, Scotland, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

MSPs hear call for government to ‘speak out more forcefully’ on WCA deaths

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    13th October 2016  By John Pring -Disability News Service A disabled activist has told a parliamentary committee that the Scottish government should “speak out more forcefully” about disabled benefit claimants who have died as a result of the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle Campaign, Black Triangle News, Capita, Chris Grayling, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Mo Stewart, Police, UN, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability News Service, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, Scotland, Scottish politics, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Ministers know their WCA system is increasing suicide risk, says Ken Loach

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By John Pring Disability News Service October 6th 2016   Government ministers know their “fitness for work” system is making disabled people’s health worse, and is increasing the risk of suicides, the award-winning film director Ken Loach has told Disability … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, Chris Grayling, Cradle2Grave Campaign, Damien Green, DWP, I Daniel Blake, Ian Duncan Smith, Ken Loach, Paul Laverty, Police, UKCRPD, United Nations | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Cradle2Grave Camapign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Scotland, Scottish politics, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

Duncan Smith tells DNS: ‘I’m not going to be accused by you’ over mental health deaths

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By John Pring  Disability News Service October 6th 2016   Iain Duncan Smith has denied responsibility for the deaths of people with mental health conditions who took their own lives after being unfairly found fit for work by the Department … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Chris Grayling, Conservatives, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, WCA Deaths | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Work Capability Assessment | 2 Replies

Documents show WCA suicide death mirrored 2010 tragedy

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4th August 2016 John Pring A physiotherapist took just 35 minutes to carry out a face-to-face assessment that led to a man with complex mental health problems being found “fit for work”, a decision that appears to have triggered his … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, Chris Grayling, DWP, Ian Duncan Smith, Ministry of Justice, Police, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Politics, Scotland, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Parents of Scottish ‘fit for work’ suicide man back call for Iain Duncan Smith prosecution

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    John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 28 July 2016 The parents of a disabled man who took his own life after being wrongly found “fit for work” have backed attempts to persuade Scottish police to investigate the actions … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Chris Grayling, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability News Service, disability rights, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

Benefit Deaths: North East England Man Puts in Complaint to Northumbria Police

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While the appropriate offence would be Misconduct in Public Office we would like share with you the following complaint to Northumbria Police by Mr. Oliver Swingler of Newcastle. Deaths of Benefit Claimants  Posted Sunday 22nd May 2016 12.48pm For the Attention … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, Chris Grayling, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, John McDonnell, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, disability rights, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, Welfare | Leave a reply

Shadow Chancellor Joins Black Triangle’s Call for IDS and Grayling to Face Criminal Charges

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Friday 20th May 2016 Addressing the TUC Disabled Worker’s Conference at Transport House in London today Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell MP said: “We must not be silent on the deaths of disabled people.I want to see Iain … Continue reading →

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Posted in Chris Grayling, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, John McDonnell, WCA Deaths | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John McDonnell, TUC, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

Deidre Brock MP Tells Government Ministers Would Be Wise to Listen to Black Triangle Campaigners

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  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 the Government some small ideas for improving their programme: some pointers with which to up their game. Instead of focusing … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, Chris Grayling, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Deidre Brock MP, Disability, disability rights, DWP, Equality, foodbanks, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, Politics, Scottish politics, Welfare Reform | 1 Reply

Ministers refuse to say if they implemented 10 measures to save lives

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Ministers have refused to say if they implemented 10 measures – recommended by their own civil servants – that would have made it less likely that “vulnerable” benefit claimants would lose their lives. The 10 recommendations were taken from some … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Chris Grayling, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Stephen Crabb, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Poverty, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

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