Anti-Defamation Campaign in Defence of Disability Rights
By John Pring Disability News service 23rd February 2017 The equality and human rights watchdog has refused to withdraw its
Continue readingWatchdog refuses to withdraw report to UN that omits benefit deaths evidence
Re: #Bafta #IDanielBlake #KenLoach – Comment of the year – By Fiona Robertson ‘The one and only famous person outside
Continue readingFiona Robertson SNP on Trump, protest and U.K. disabled people
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th February 2017 Three national disabled people’s organisations have withdrawn a report they submitted
Continue readingNational DPOs forced to withdraw report sent to UN over benefit deaths evidence
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd February 2017 A crucial report submitted to the United Nations by
By John Pring Disability News Service 19/01/2017 The chief executive of the UK’s most prominent national disabled people’s
Continue readingSayce announces retirement, as ‘she is shortlisted’ for EHRC appointment
Published By Black Triangle November 19th 2016 Secretary General As U.K. disabled campaigners and civil society organisations we write
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday November 10th 2016 Disabled activists who persuaded the United Nations (UN) to investigate
Continue readingUN’s conclusion that UK violated disability rights is ‘vindication’ for activists
by John Pring Disability News Service 3rd November 2016 Disabled activists have welcomed the decision of the equality watchdog’s disability
Continue readingActivists welcome disability commissioner’s decision to leave EHRC
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday September 29th 2016 or removing regulations 29 and 35, and said that such
Continue readingDWP issued guidance that made suicides more likely, then ‘lied’ to cover its tracks
15th September 2016 John Pring http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ A string of activists, academics, politicians and journalists have welcomed the publication of a new
Continue readingDisabled researcher’s book exposes ‘corporate demolition of welfare state’
15th September 2016 John Pring http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ A minister is facing accusations that she misled the House of Lords over
Continue readingMinister ‘misled peers’ over EHRC’s request to run equality helpline
15th September 2016 John Pring http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ The equality watchdog’s new chair, who is set to lead an investigation into whether Tory
Continue readingFoI reveals EHRC chair’s ‘conflict of interest’ over welfare reform inquiry
September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service Levels of disability hate crime in England and Wales have fallen in
Continue readingDisability hate crime has fallen since 2007-2010, surprise new figures suggest
The equality watchdog has earned cautious approval for its response to recommendations made by a House of Lords committee that
Continue readingEHRC earns cautious approval for response to Equality Act report
Disabled people’s organisations and grassroots groups are set to call on disabled people across England to provide the evidence they
Continue readingDelayed UN examination of UK government ‘will take place next year’
The right of the PLP are faced with an impossible conundrum. On the one hand, many of them believe that
Disabled people have spoken of their horror, shock and anger at learning of the vote to leave the European Union
Continue readingBrexit vote: Disabled people speak of shock, horror and dismay
Campaigners and experts say they fear that Britain’s vote to leave the European Union (EU) could have serious consequences for
Continue readingBrexit vote: Fear and uncertainty over impact of EU exit
While the country is entrenched in the mire of the EU referendum fallout, the Tories have just been slammed
Ministers are delaying the release of nine secret reviews into the deaths of benefit claimants, even though civil servants apparently
Continue readingMinisters ‘breach FoI laws’ by delaying release of fresh benefit deaths reviews