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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

Inclusion London set to test social model job support, after £775k grant

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  By John Pring Disability News Service July 13th 2017 A pan-London disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has been given the chance to test “exciting” and “important” approaches to supporting young disabled people into work that reflect the social model of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Action On Disability, City Bridge Trust, Green Paper, Inclusion London, Tracey Lazard | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, Equality, John Pring, Politics, UK news | Leave a reply

Ministers’ silence over why WCA legislation is missing from Queen’s speech

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By John Pring Disability News Service June 29th 2017 Work and pensions ministers have refused to explain why plans for new social security legislation were dropped from last week’s Queen’s speech. Disability News Service reported last week how a Tory … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conservatives, DWP, Green Paper, Penny Mordaunt, Work & Health programme, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Politics, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Queen’s speech: Government appears to dump Mordaunt’s WCA election promise

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd June 2017   A Tory election promise to “dismantle” the work capability assessment (WCA) through new legislation appears to have been abandoned, with the Queen’s speech containing no mention of any new … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conservatives, Debbie Abrahams, DWP, Green Paper, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Penny Mordaunt | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, John Pring, Labour, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Boycott call after DWP wrongly claims DPOs helped devise punitive work scheme

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 4th May 2017 Disabled activists have called on disability charities to boycott any further co-operation with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), after it wrongly claimed that disabled people’s organisations (DPO) had … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle Campaign, Breakthrough UK, Damien Green, DRUK, DWP, Evenbreak, Gail Ward, Green Paper, Rick Burgess, Work & Health programme, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 1 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

No chance of halving employment gap without tackling independent living, says DPO

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By John Pring  Disability News Service 2nd March 2017   The UK government will not be able to achieve its aim of halving the disability employment gap because of its failure to address the “crucial” issue of independent living, according … Continue reading →

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Posted in Access To work, Conservatives, Damien Green, Disability Benefits Consortium, Disability Wales, DRUK, DWP, Green Paper | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, John Pring, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Green paper was missed opportunity to dump biopsychosocial model, says DPO

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  By John Pring Disability News Service  2nd March 2017 The government should replace its “deeply flawed and inaccurate” disability benefits assessments with an in-house system – based on the social model – that understands the barriers faced by Deaf … Continue reading →

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Posted in Access To work, DWP, Green Paper, ILF Fund, Inclusion London, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP, WRAG Cuts | Tagged Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, John Pring, Mental health, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

G4S, Maximus and ‘A4E’ all set to win contracts under Work and Health Programme

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 16th February 2017 Some of the country’s most controversial and discredited outsourcing companies are set to win contracts under the government’s new programme to find jobs for disabled people and other marginalised groups. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Access To work, Baroness Jane Campbell, Conservatives, Damien Green, DWP, Green Paper, Maximus, People Plus, Remploy, Work & Health programme, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged A4e, Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, G4S, John Pring, Maximus, People Plus, Politics, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

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