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Tory conference: PIP claimants will not be spared retests, DWP admits

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By John Pring Disability News Service October 6th 2016 The government has confirmed that sick and disabled people who will soon be spared reassessments for out-of-work benefits will still face repeated testing for personal independence payment (PIP). Work and pensions … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Capita, Conservatives, Damien Green, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, DWP, PIP | Tagged Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Politics, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

Statement on ending repeat work capability assessments for severe, lifelong conditions

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  October 3rd 2016 Yesterday we received the announcement from Damien Green that reassessments were to cease, Black Triangle  unequivocally endorses our sister campaign DPAC’s Statement and we have ‘nothing to add or subtract to it’. DPAC Statement; “This morning … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP | Tagged Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Damien Green, Disability, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 3 Replies

DWP sends woman’s confidential WCA report to privacy campaigner

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By John Pring Disability News Service  September 29th 2016 A disabled benefit claimant is set to lodge a complaint with the information commissioner after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) sent him highly confidential medical details belonging to another … Continue reading →

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Posted in DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, ICO Information Commissioners Office, Maximus | Tagged ICO | Leave a reply

Labour conference: Party ‘must do more on rights and inclusion’

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  By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday September 29th 2016 of its content was ignored by the conference. Among its pledges, Corbyn’s manifesto commits to the full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Labour, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, ENIL, Human Rights, John McDonnell, Labour Party, Not Dead Yet, UKCRPD | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, UNCRPD | Leave a reply

DWP issued guidance that made suicides more likely, then ‘lied’ to cover its tracks

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By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday September 29th 2016 or removing regulations 29 and 35, and said that such a move would provide substantial savings. But the memo – drawn up before the 2015 election, and to be used … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, EHRC, Human Rights, Liz Carr, Maximus, Not Dead Yet, Rick Burgess | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Two Apparent Irregularities Involving UNUM, ATOS, And DWP

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  September 17th  By George Berger for  DPAC http://dpac.uk.net/2016/09/two-apparent-irregularities-involving-unum-atos-and-dwp/ Debbie Jolly, Jonathan Rutherford, and Mo Stewart have discussed the influence of UNUM on the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) [1]. Here I study relations of UNUM to DWP and ATOS that … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Human Rights, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Lord David Freud, Mo Stewart, UKCRPD, UN, Unum | Tagged Atos, Aylward & Waddell, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, LiMa, Politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Disabled researcher’s book exposes ‘corporate demolition of welfare state’

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15th September 2016 John Pring http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ A string of activists, academics, politicians and journalists have welcomed the publication of a new book by a disabled researcher which exposes how successive governments have planned the “demolition of the welfare state”. Mo Stewart … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Baroness Jane Campbell, Conservatives, Disability Discrimination, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, EHRC, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Maximus, Mo Stewart, Peter Beresford, Prof Danny Dorling, Shaping our Lives, UKCRPD, UKDPC, UN, Unum, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Dame Anne Begg, Mary O'Hara, Sir Bert Massie | Leave a reply

McDonnell promises DPAC ‘a seat at the heart of government’

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15 September 2016 John Pring  http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ Disabled activists have been promised a seat “at the heart of government” if Jeremy Corbyn is re-elected as Labour leader and the party wins power at the next election. The pledge was made by … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Discrimination, Disability Hate crime, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, John McDonnell, Labour Party, PIP, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, Politics | Leave a reply

ESA figures show ‘very disturbing’ drop in number placed in support group

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  15th September 2016 John Pring http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/   “Very disturbing” new government figures show a steep fall in the proportion of disabled people being found eligible for out-of-work disability benefits. Disabled campaigners fear the figures show the government is cutting spending … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, DWP, Maximus, WCA Deaths | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Black Triangle Campaign, Catherine Hale, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Green’s new co-leader credits Independent Living Fund campaign

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September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service The new co-leader of the Green party has told Disability News Service (DNS) that he will make support for inclusive education a key focus of his new role. Jonathan Bartley was elected … Continue reading →

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Posted in DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Green Party, ILF Fund, Inclusion London, John McDonnell, Jonathan Bartley, Labour Party, Not Dead Yet, UN | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, John Pring, UK news, Welfare | Leave a reply

Council wants to watch abuse survivor shower and toilet to check post-ILF needs

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September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service A disabled woman has told how her local council is threatening to spend several days watching her every move as she eats, showers and uses the toilet, in order to check if … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, John McDonnell, Labour Party | Tagged Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, John Pring, UK news | 2 Replies

ILF closure cuts report produces instant results from Labour and Greens

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  September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service Senior figures in the Labour and Green parties have pledged to introduce a national, free, needs-led system of support, after a report showed that the Independent Living Fund’s (ILF) closure resulted … Continue reading →

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Posted in DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Green Party, Human Rights, John McDonnell, Labour Party, UKCRPD, UN, United Nations | Tagged Austerity, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, ILF, John Pring, Scotland, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Benefit claimants die as DWP staff keep failing to follow suicide guidelines

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  September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to consider an inquiry into its repeated failure to prevent the deaths of benefit claimants, despite the release of damning new information … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Police, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, Scotland, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 2 Replies

Crisis and resistance in mental health services in England

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September 5th 2016 Published in the Critical and Radical Social Work international journal, this 2015 academic paper is just in from the team at Liverpool Hope Uni, via ResearchGate, and identifies the crisis in mental health services and the significance … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Lord David Freud, MInd, NHS, Rethink, Unum, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

COMING SOON ~ ‘CASH NOT CARE’… Mo Stewart

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  August 28th 2016 By Mo Stewart “Stewart names names.  She shows where and how the policies originated.  She destroys all claims that they were based on solid research. And she vividly paints a clear picture of how disabled people … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Human Rights, Labour Party, Lord David Freud, Maximus, Peter Beresford, Prof Danny Dorling, UKCRPD, UN, United Nations, Unum, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Dame Anne Begg, Debbie Abrahams, Disability, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, Kim Burton, Margaret Thatcher, Neo -Liberal, Politics, Professor Sir Mansel Aylward and Gordon Waddell, Tories, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

DPAC’s 1,000-name letter backs Corbyn, disabled people’s champion

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  August 25th 2016 More than 1,000 Deaf and disabled people and their allies have backed Jeremy Corbyn’s bid to be re-elected as Labour leader, after signing a letter recognising his years of support for key disability rights campaigns. The … Continue reading →

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Posted in DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Labour Party | Tagged Disability News Service, Disability Politics, Disabled People Against Cuts, John Pring, Labour, Politics | Leave a reply

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