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Government faces legal action over election access fund

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By John Pring Disability News Service 12th April 2018 Three disabled politicians have begun legal action against the government over its failure to reopen a fund that supported Deaf and disabled people with the extra costs of standing for election … Continue reading →

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Posted in Access to Elected Office Fund, Disability Politics UK, EHRC, More United., UNCRPD | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Society, UK news | Leave a reply

Equality watchdog calls for court action over BA’s PA ticket ‘discrimination’

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By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd March 2018 The equality watchdog has called for the courts to decide if airlines are discriminating against disabled people by refusing to allow them to make simple alterations to tickets bought for their … Continue reading →

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Posted in British Airways (BA), CAA, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), EHRC, Rachael Monk. | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Society, UK news | Leave a reply

Eight years on, government announces plans to bring in access laws for tenants

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd March 2018 The government has finally agreed to bring into force long-awaited laws that will impose a duty on landlords to allow disabled tenants to make access improvements to the hallways, staircases … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Labour, Discrimination Law Association, DRUK, EHRC, Proudlock Associates | Tagged Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Labour, UK news | Leave a reply

NHS bodies face legal action by human rights watchdog over care home threat

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd March 2018 The equality and human rights watchdog has written to 13 NHS primary care organisations to warn them about discriminatory policies that could see service-users with complex healthcare needs forced into … Continue reading →

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Posted in CCG, Conservatives, EHRC, Fleur Perry, Human Rights, Irwin Mitchell, Naphtali Denderowicz, NHS | Tagged Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, UK news | Leave a reply

Legal advice concerns after government abandons search for new contractors

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By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 Lawyers and campaigners have raised fresh concerns about the government’s approach to providing legal advice to people who need help with discrimination and special educational needs (SEN) cases, after ministers abandoned … Continue reading →

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Posted in Civil Legal Advice, EHRC, Ministry of Justice, Public Law Project | Tagged Disability News Service, Disability Politics, Equality, Human rights, UK news | Leave a reply

Disabled peer raises ‘deep concerns’ over impact of Brexit bill on rights

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  By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 Disabled people should be concerned that the process of leaving the European Union (EU) could see their rights “lost or watered down”, according to a disabled peer. Baroness [Jane] Campbell … Continue reading →

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Posted in Baroness Jane Campbell, Conservatives, CRPD, EHRC | Tagged Austerity, Brexit, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Society, UK news, UNCRPD | 1 Reply

Watchdog’s report shows impact of years of ‘hostile’ cuts on disabled people

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By John Pring Disability News Service 23rd November 2017 Families which include both a disabled adult and a disabled child have lost more than 13 per cent of their income through seven years of government cuts, according to a new … Continue reading →

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Posted in DRUK, DWP, EHRC, Ellen Clifford, Inclusion London, Pats Petition, Rick Burgess, UN, UNCRPD, United Nations, WOW Campaign | Tagged Austerity, Conservatives, cuts, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Scotland, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Local NHS is blackmailing service-users into accepting unsafe care, MPs hear

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      By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd November 2017 People with complex healthcare needs are being “blackmailed” by their local NHS bodies into accepting unsafe levels of care in their own homes, a committee of MPs has … Continue reading →

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Posted in CCG, Continuing Healthcare Alliance, EHRC, NHS, Spinal Injuries Association | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Scottish politics, Society, UK news, Welfare | Leave a reply

UK wants to promote its disability policies to rest of the world, says Mordaunt

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  By John Pring Disability News Service October 19th 2017   The minister for disabled people has dismissed a damning UN report on her government’s disability rights record, arguing that the rest of the world should instead be learning from … Continue reading →

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Posted in David Gawke, Deidre Brock, EHRC, ODI, Penny Mordaunt, UN, UNCRPD, United Nations | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, Scottish politics, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state | 1 Reply

Sir Bert Massie: Tributes to ‘a life committed to disabled people’s liberation’

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By John Pring Disability News Service October 19th 2017 Tributes have been paid to Sir Bert Massie, the chair of the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) throughout its seven years, who made a “fundamental” contribution to disabled people’s liberation, and who … Continue reading →

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Posted in Anne McGuire, Baroness Jane Campbell, Blog, Cheshire Centre for Independant Living (CCIL), Disability Discrimination, Disability Rights Commission (DRC, DRUK, EHRC, Equality Act, Human Rights, LIz Sayce, Motability, Motobility, Professor Tom Shakespeare, Sir Bert Massie, Spartacus Network | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, UK news, Welfare | Leave a reply

Tackle education, career stereotypes and flexible working to close pay gap, says EHRC

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By John Pring  Disability News Service August 17th 2017 The equality watchdog has called for action to improve the education of disabled pupils, tackle career stereotypes and improve the availability of flexible working, in order to close the gap in … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conservatives, DRUK, EHRC, Institute for Social and Economic Research, The Institute for Employment Studies (IES) | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, John Pring, Politics, Scottish politics, UK news | Leave a reply

Disabled peer continues three-month boycott of EHRC board meetings

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By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd August 2017 The disabled peer chosen to be the equality watchdog’s new disability commissioner has still not attended a single board meeting, more than three months after his appointment, because of a continuing … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conservatives, EHRC, Lord Shinkwin | Tagged Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, Politics, UK news | Leave a reply

Senior civil servant admits draft industrial strategy failed on disability

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By John Pring Disability News Service 21st July 2017 A senior civil servant has admitted to MPs and peers that the government’s industrial strategy will not be “fit for purpose” unless it corrects its failure to consider disability and other … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alex Williams, All party parliamentary group for disability (APPGD), Aspire, Disability Confident, Dr Lisa Cameron SNP MP, DRUK, EHRC, Green Paper, Jared O'Mara, Philip Connolly, Two Ticks | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, John Pring, Politics, Scottish politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

DPAC set for week of protests over social care, Atos and access to transport

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By John Pring Disability News Service July 13th 2017 Disabled activists are set to lobby MPs this week on the urgency of the social care crisis, as part of a week of action that will take place across the country, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Dept of Transport, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, EHRC, Ellen Clifford | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, 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 | Leave a reply

New disabled commissioner ‘astounded and offended’ by EHRC treatment

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By John Pring Disability News Service 29th June 2017 A disabled peer who thought he had been appointed as the next disability commissioner – only to be told the post had been abolished – has been left “astounded and offended” … Continue reading →

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Posted in Baroness Jane Campbell, EHRC, Government Equalities Offfice, Lord Shinkwin, Sir Bert Massie | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Human rights, John Pring, UK news | Leave a reply

Rebranding of ‘toxic’ Atos will fail, activists promise

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 14th June 2017   The “toxic” government contractor Atos has been accused of trying to create a smokescreen to hide its past failures and “appalling reputation”, after quietly announcing that it is changing … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle Campaign, Capita, Conservative Disability Group, Conservatives, DWP, EHRC, Gail Ward, Human Rights, John McArdle, Paul Gray | Tagged Atos, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, PIP, Politics, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Scrapping EHRC disability commissioner role ‘risks sidelining disability’

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  By John Pring Disability News Service May 11th 2017 The “rash” decision to scrap the role of disability commissioner at the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) will make it harder for the watchdog to stand up to attacks … Continue reading →

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Posted in Anne McGuire, Baroness Jane Campbell, EHRC, HOL, Labour Party, Lord Shinkwin, Sir Bert Massie | Tagged Austerity, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Labour, Politics, UK news | 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

EHRC confusion after minister appears to scrap disability commissioner role

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By John Pring Disability News Service 4th May 2017 The government appears to have secretly scrapped the post of disability commissioner at the equality and human rights watchdog, but is refusing to confirm that it has done so. The decision … Continue reading →

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Posted in EHRC, Lord Shinkwin | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, DNS, Equality | 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

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