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UK General Election: Why disabled people oppose the Tories ~ And need your help

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Video: A woman with learning difficulties has accosted Theresa May while the prime minister was on a walkabout in an Oxfordshire market. ‘UK General Election: Why disabled people oppose the Tories’ By Linda Burnip DPAC in New Internationalist Thursday 1st … Continue reading →

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Posted in #CripTheVoteUK, Atos, Black Triangle Campaign, Black Triangle News, Blog, BMA, British Medical Association, Conservatives, CRIP The Vote UK, Damien Green, Disability Discrimination, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, GE17, GE2017, General Election, Human Rights, I Daniel Blake, Ian Duncan Smith, Labour Party, Linda Burnip, Lord David Freud, PIP, PIP Deaths, Social Care, Tories, Tory, UN, UNCRPD, United Nations, Universal Credit, WCA Deaths, Winvisible, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP, WOW Campaign, WOW Petition | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Equality, foodbanks, Health, Iain Duncan Smith, Labour, PIP, Politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment, Workfare | 1 Reply

#CripTheVoteUK #GE2017: #SNP calls on next government to follow Scotland’s lead on benefits

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The SNP has called on the next UK government to follow Scotland’s lead in protecting disabled people from social security cuts.  The SNP general election manifesto, published this week, says the party will fight to end the “appalling Tory welfare … Continue reading →

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Posted in #CripTheVoteUK, Black Triangle Campaign, Black Triangle News, Blog, CRPD, GE17, GE2017, General Election, Inclusion Scotland, Maximus, Penny Mordaunt, PIP, Tories, Tory, UN, UNCRPD, Universal Credit, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, cuts, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Human rights, PIP, Scotland, Scottish National Party, Scottish politics, SNP, SNP Manifesto, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

#CripTheVoteUK #GE2017: Labour ‘will take a human rights-based approach’ to protecting disabled people

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Election 2017: Labour ‘will take a rights-based approach’ to protecting disabled people  Labour has promised that it will take a “rights-based approach” to protecting the interests of disabled people, if it wins power at next week’s general election.  At the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog, GE17, GE2017, General Election, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Labour Party, UN, UNCRPD, United Nations, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

#CripTheVoteUK #GE2017: Tory disability minister endorses forced institutionalisation of disabled people

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  Election 2017: Tory disability minister endorses forced institutionalisation By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 1st June 2017   THE TORY minister for disabled people has failed to oppose the idea of forcing disabled people into institutions against their … Continue reading →

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Posted in #CripTheVoteUK, Black Triangle News, Conservatives, CRIP The Vote UK, CRPD, DWP, Equal Lives, GE17, GE2017, General Election, Ian Duncan Smith, ILF Fund, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Labour Party, Penny Mordaunt, Shaping our Lives, Spectrum Centre for Independant Living, Tories, Tory, UN, United Nations | Tagged disability rights, Human rights, ILF, Independent Living Fund, Right to Independent Living, save ilf, UNCRPD, UNCRPD Investigation | Leave a reply

#CripTheVoteUK: As UK doctors’ leaders abdicate duty to defend patients’ human rights disabled people face perilous post-election future

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BMA ‘will be complicit in future deaths’, after silence on ‘fit note’ rules By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 1st June 2017 Appalled disabled activists have warned the British Medical Association (BMA) that it will be “complicit” in the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle News, Blog, British Medical Association, CRIP The Vote UK, CRPD, Damien Green, Disability Discrimination, DWP, GE17, GE2017, General Election, General Medical Council, General Practice, GMC, GP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, Tory. Tories, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, BMA, British Medical Association, Conservatives, cuts, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Scotland, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

#GE2017 “I cannot believe that so many people across the UK are planning to vote for such a hard, uncaring Tory Government” ~ Dr Philippa Whitford MP (SNP) Consultant Breast Cancer Surgeon

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“I cannot believe that so many people across the UK are planning to vote for such a hard, uncaring Tory Government – and that so many others will simply stand back and not vote at all” ~ Surgeon Dr Philippa Whitford MP (SNP)

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Posted in #CripTheVoteUK, Access To work, Atos, Black Triangle Campaign, Black Triangle News, Boycott Workfare, Conservatives, CRIP The Vote UK, CRPD, Damien Green, Disability Discrimination, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, GE17, GE2017, General Election, General Medical Council, General Practice, GP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, NHS, Penny Mourdant, Penny Mourdaunt, PIP, PIP Deaths, Scottish Mental Welfare Commission, Shaping our Lives, SNP, Social Care, Tories, Tory, UC, UN, United Nations, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP, Work Programme | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Labour, PIP, Scotland, Scottish politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment, Workfare, Yes Scotland | Leave a reply

Shock as Universal Credit rules treat sick as ‘fit for all work-related activity’ – against GPs explicit orders

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By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 25 May 2017 Activists ‘horrified’ by universal credit rules forcing sick claimants into work activity   “Very dangerous” rules are forcing severely-ill people applying for the government’s new universal credit to look for jobs … Continue reading →

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Posted in #CripTheVoteUK, Black Triangle Campaign, Black Triangle News, Blog, BMA, British Medical Association, Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, GE17, GE2017, General Election, General Medical Council, General Practice, GMC, GP, Human Rights, I Daniel Blake, Ken Loach, Labour Party, Penny Mourdant, SNP, Suicide Crisis, Tories, Tory, UC, UKCRPD, UN, United Nations, Universal Credit, WCA Deaths, Work & Health programme, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP, Work Programme | 8 Replies

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