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PIP suicide woman’s sister blames ‘barbaric’ system for her death

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By John Pring Disability News Service 18th May 2017 The sister of a disabled woman who she believes was driven to kill herself by the anxiety caused by re-applying for the government’s new disability benefit has called for reform of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Capita, Conservatives, Damien Green, DWP, Penny Mourdant, PIP, PIP Deaths | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, PIP, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

‘I’m suffering’: woman who confronted May tells of disability cuts ordeal

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By Alexandra Topping https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/may/16/woman-who-confronted-theresa-may-disability-cuts-ordeal-kathy-mohan   Kathy Mohan, who became an overnight champion of disabled people, says Tories’ PIP scheme has left her unable to cope Kathy Mohan, who confronted Theresa May during an election walkabout in Abingdon. Photograph: Ben Gurr … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, CH5, Conservatives, Damien Green, DWP, General Election, Human Rights, Learning Disability England, PIP, Theresa May, UKCRPD, UN, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP, WRAG Cuts | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Conservatives, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

In confronting Theresa May, Kathy has spoken up for all Britain’s disabled people

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Play Current Time0:13 / Duration Time1:12 Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% Fullscreen Mute Voter confronts Theresa May over disability benefit cuts – video https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/15/theresa-may-cathy-britain-disabled-people By Frances Ryan Monday 15 May 2017 17.04 BSTLast modified on Tuesday 16 May 2017 20.30 BST Theresa May’s attempt … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, CH5, Conservatives, Damien Green, DWP, Frances Ryan, Learning Disability England, Penny Mourdant, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Comment, cuts, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Equality, PIP, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Disabled people ‘denied access to justice by failure of judges on reasonable adjustments’

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By John  Pring Disability News Service May 11th 2017 Disabled people are being denied access to justice because of judges’ failure to make the reasonable adjustments that would make the court process accessible to them, according to a disabled human … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conservatives, CRPD, Disability Discrimination, Human Rights, UKCRPD, UN, United Nations | Tagged Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equal Treatment Bench Book, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Reasonable Adjustments, UK news, UNCRPD | Leave a reply

Lower benefit cap sees income slashed for more than 10,000 disabled people

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By John Pring Disability News Service May 11th 2017 More than 10,000 disabled people have had their benefits slashed in just one month, after the government introduced a new, lower cap on the total benefits that any non-working household can … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conservatives, CPAG, Damien Green, DWP, Karen Buck, Labour Party, PIP, Policy In Practice, Shelter, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP, WRAG Cuts, Z2K | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Cap, Benefits, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Labour, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

General Election 2017: Tory mental health plans greeted with accusations of ‘hypocrisy’

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  By John Pring Disability News Service May 11th 2017   Two user-led groups have accused the Conservative party of “hypocrisy” after it promised to end the “burning injustices” facing mental health service-users. Both groups pointed out that Conservative social … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Mental Health UK, Conservatives, DRUK, DWP, MHRN, Recovery in the Bin, UKCRPD | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, IPS, John Pring, Labour, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

DWP declared a ‘leading’ Disability Confident employer, despite UN rights violations

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By John Pring Disability News service May11th 2017 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been declared a gold-standard employer of disabled people under its own much-criticised scheme, despite being found guilty of “grave or systematic violations” of the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business Disability Forum, Civil Service, Conservatives, Damien Green, David Gillon, Disability Confident, DWP, UKCRPD, United Nations | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Benefit claimants take to social media to describe DWP ‘hell’ and ‘abuse’

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 4th May 2017 Disabled people have described how the “terrifying” and “abusive” benefit assessments delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have seriously damaged their health, and how its failings will … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alice Kirby, Center of Disability Studies, Conservatives, CRIP The Vote UK, CRPD, Disability Law Hub, DWP, EHRC, Recovery in the Bin | Tagged Disability Politics, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics | 3 Replies

Election forces MPs to abandon PIP inquiry, but evidence backs up dishonesty claims

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By John Pring Disability News Service 4th May 2017   Statements submitted to MPs have provided further evidence of widespread dishonesty among healthcare professionals who carry out disability benefit assessments, but their inquiry has had to be abandoned because of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conservatives, Damien Green, DRUK, Inclusion London, PIP | Tagged Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, John Pring, PIP, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

DPAC issues tactical voting plea to save country from five more years of Tory rule

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 4th May 2017   Anti-cuts activists have called for disabled people to vote tactically at the general election, in a bid to remove the Conservative party from power. Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conservative Disability Group, Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Ellen Clifford, Here2Support, Linda Burnip | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, John Pring, Politics | 1 Reply

Online campaign ‘could enable disabled people to affect election outcome’

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  By John Pring Disability News Service April 27th 2017   Activists hope a new non-partisan online campaign – based on a successful US user-led movement – could finally enable disabled people to become a political force in the UK, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alex Haagaard, Conservatives, CRIP The Vote UK, General Election, Labour Party, Rick Burgess | Tagged Austerity, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Politics, UK news, welfare state | Leave a reply

Concern as minister appoints Tory peer as equality watchdog’s disability lead

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  By John Pring Disability News Service April 27th 2017   The government’s decision to appoint a second consecutive Tory peer to lead on the equality watchdog’s work on disabled people’s rights could put its status as a leading international … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conservatives, Disability Benefits Consortium, DRUK, EHRC, Inclusion London, Sir Bert Massie, UN | Tagged Austerity, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, UK news, UNCRPD | Leave a reply

Voting Tory in #GE17 is a vote to kill people like me, and you need to know why

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By Blogger a Disabled Activist Fiona Robertson April 21st 2017 IT IS to their credit, and to our collective doom, that the Conservative Party are masters of controlling narrative.  Although, much of the groundwork was done during Tony Blair’s days … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, Blog, Conservatives, Fiona Robertson, Human Rights, SNP, UKCRPD, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged #GE2017, Benefit Cap, Benefit Cuts, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, benefits sanctions, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Scotland, Scottish politics, Society, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Pushed to the Brink

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By Ruth Hunt Morning Star Alice Kirby tells Ruth Hunt how DWP benefit assessment practices contribute to the deterioration of claimants’ mental health, causing an increase in suicidal feelings Of late, there have been great strides made regarding the understanding … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alice Kirby, Conservatives, Damien Green, Debbie Abrahams, DWP, Maximus, UKCRPD, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 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

DWP presentation on ESA plans ‘confirms worst fears’ about green paper

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 30th March 2017   Ministers have been accused of ignoring a public consultation and ploughing ahead with plans that will make their “fitness for work” testing regime even more stressful and unfair for … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, Damien Green, Debbie Abrahams, DWP, Gail Ward, GMCDP Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People, Green Paper, Inclusion London, JCP, Maximus, Spartacus Network, Spectrum Centre for Independant Living | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Health & Work, John Pring, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

‘Fitness for work’ test has led to deterioration in mental health, say researchers

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By John Pring Disability News Service March 16th 2017 Disabled activists have welcomed “timely” new research that concludes that the government’s “fitness for work” process has caused a deterioration in many people’s mental health which they have failed to recover … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conservatives, Damien Green, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Scottish Mental Welfare Commission, UKCRPD, UN, United Nations, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, Scotland, Scottish politics, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

PIP investigation: Council probes ‘shockingly poor and dishonest’ assessments

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By John Pring Disability News Service March 16th 2017 A local authority is to hear evidence from up to a dozen disabled people later this month as part of an inquiry into serious concerns about the system of assessing eligibility … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Capita, Conservatives, Damien Green, Disability Solutions West Midlands, DWP, Labour Party, Penny Mourdaunt, PIP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

PIP investigation: Claimant group tell MPs of ‘systemic malpractice’ by assessors

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By John Pring Disability News Service 9th March 2017   A group of nine disabled people with the same rare neurological condition have written to MPs to warn of “systemic malpractice” by healthcare professionals who carry out benefit assessments and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Capita, Conservatives, Damien Green, DWP, PIP | Tagged Atos, Benefits, Capita, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, John Pring, PIP, Welfare, Welfare Reform | 3 Replies

PIP investigation: MPs’ evidence session confirms concerns, but dodges dishonesty claims

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 9th March 2017   Nearly nine in 10 Citizens Advice offices have reported problems with the accuracy of personal independence payment (PIP) assessment reports, MPs have been told. An urgent session of the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Benefit Resolutions, Citizens Advice Bureau, Conservatives, Damien Green, DWP, Penny Mourdant, PIP, SARC, Work and Pensions Select Committee, Z2K | Tagged Atos, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

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