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To live and die with a terminal illness in today’s Tory Britain – By A.S.

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Reblogged with Permission of A.S. I cannot explain adequately what it is like to be terminally ill. To be told that the thing that is causing you so much pain and trouble is unbeatable, that you have lost the fight … Continue reading →

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Posted in #Human Catastrophe, A.S., Assessments, Black Triangle Campaign, Black Triangle News, Capita, DWP, Human Rights, PIP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Capita, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Equality, Human rights, PIP, Society, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state | 1 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

Access to Work cap announcement ‘does not go far enough’

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By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd March 2018 The government’s decision to loosen its restrictions on Access to Work (AtW) payments does not go far enough, and its “discriminatory” cap must be scrapped completely, according to disabled campaigners. They … Continue reading →

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Posted in Access To work, Action On Disability, British Deaf Association, Conservatives, Disability Justice Project, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Ellen Clifford, Ester McVey, Human Rights, Inclusion London, StopChanges2AtW campaign, Tory. Tories, Tracey Lazard, UK Council on Deafness (UKCoD) | Tagged Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state | Leave a reply

No Right to Free Speech? Have we become a Fascist State?

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    Whatever happened to free speech and freedom of opinion? It seems that this is something Tory MPs don’t believe in especially when it is a disabled person exercising those rights. Mick Hardy, a veteran disability rights campaigner from … Continue reading →

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Posted in #Human Catastrophe, Black Triangle Campaign, Black Triangle News, Blog, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Human Rights | Tagged Black Triangle Campaign, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, Equality, Human rights, Society, UK news | 1 Reply

Backlash over ‘terrible insult’ of McVey’s DWP appointment

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    By John Pring Disability News Service 11th January 2018 Campaigners have reacted furiously to the decision to appoint Esther McVey as the new secretary of state for work and pensions, calling it a “heartsink moment” and a “terrible … Continue reading →

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Posted in #Human Catastrophe, Anne McGuire, Black Triangle Campaign, Blog, Catherine Hale, Chronic Illness Inclusion Project, Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, DWP, Ester McVey, Human Rights, ILF Fund, John McArdle, Linda Burnip, PIP Deaths, Sarah Newton Minister for Disabled People, Tory. Tories, UNCRPD, United Nations, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, PIP, Politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment | 2 Replies

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

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  By Steven Naysmith  http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15508062.UK_Government_cuts_driving_disabled_people_into_poverty__key_UN_committee_says/ Reblogged DISABLED people are dying as a result of austerity measures and discrimination, campaigners have claimed, after the UK Government was sharply criticised by a United Nations watchdog committee. Equal Lives chief executive Mark Harrison said: “In … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Equal Lives, Human Rights, Inclusion London, Inclusion Scotland, John McArdle, ROFA, Sally Witcher | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Human rights, Politics, Scottish politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform | 1 Reply

UK faces UN examination: DPOs ‘delighted’ with exposure of government’s failings

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  By John Pring Disability News Service August 24th 2017 Disabled people’s organisations who travelled to Geneva this week to help highlight the government’s continuing human rights violations have praised a UN committee of disabled experts for publicly exposing the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, Conservatives, CRPD, Disability Wales, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, DWP, Ellen Clifford, Equal Lives, Human Rights, Inclusion London, Inclusion Scotland, ODI, Rhian Davies, Sally Witcher, Tories, Tracey Lazard, UN, UNCRPD, United Nations | 2 Replies

UK faces UN examination: Government cuts caused ‘human catastrophe’

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By John Pring   Disability News Service   August 24th 2017   An international committee of disabled human rights experts have delivered a series of withering attacks on the UK government over its failure to implement the UN disability convention. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Allfie, CRPD, Disability Wales, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, DWP, Equal Lives, Human Rights, Inclusion London, Inclusion Scotland, UN, UNCRPD, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, cuts, 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, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

DWP breaks promise to stop harassing child abuse victim in run-up to trial

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  By John Pring Disability News Service August 17th 2017 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has broken its promises not to harass a traumatised benefit claimant while he waits to give vital evidence in a child abuse trial. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Conservatives, Disabled Survivors Unite, DWP, Equality Act, Human Rights, Justin Tomlinson, Maximus, PIP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

McDonnell calls for disabled-led solution to care crisis, as DPAC occupies parliament

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By John Pring Disability News Service July 2017 Labour’s shadow chancellor has called for disabled people themselves to be given the job of designing the solution to the social care funding crisis. John McDonnell was speaking to Disability News Service … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, HOC, Human Rights, ILF Fund, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Labour Party, UN, UNCRPD, Winvisible | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

New disabled MP accuses government of ‘eugenics’

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Picture Courtesy of Guardian   By John Pring Disability News Service 6th July 2017 A newly-elected disabled MP has accused the Conservative government of introducing policies inspired by “eugenics” in the hope that disabled people will “suffer and die”. Labour’s … Continue reading →

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Posted in Access to Elected Office Fund, Black Triangle Campaign, Chris Grayling, Conservatives, Disability Discrimination, Disability Labour, Disability Sheffield Centre for Independent Living, DWP, Euthanasia, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, ILF Fund, Jared O Mara, Jared O'Mara, Paces, Tories, Tory, UKCRPD, UN, UNCRPD, WCA Deaths | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

Crossbench disabled peer calls for an end to austerity, and the misery it has caused

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  By John Pring Disability News Service June 29th 2017 A crossbench disabled peer has called for an end to government-led austerity and the “personal misery” it has caused. Lord [Colin] Low, speaking in the Lords debate on last week’s … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conservatives, DWP, Human Rights, I Daniel Blake, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Lord Colin Low | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, DNS, DWP, Equality, John Pring, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 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

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: 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

Nobody is Unfit for Work

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  What you will read may be very distressing for you, but we are looking at the worst-case scenario and identifying measures to help you and other claimants. It would be good to have some feedback on the Health and … Continue reading →

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Posted in BMA, Conservative Disability Group, CRIP The Vote UK, Damien Green, Debbie Abrahams, Disability Confident, Disability Labour, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Equality Act, GMC, Health and Care professions Council HCPC, Human Rights, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Labour Party, Linda Burnip, Lord David Freud, Maximus, Penny Mourdant, Tories, UC, Universal Credit, Work & Health programme, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP, Work Programme | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Equality, Human rights, UNCRPD, Welfare, Work Capability Assessment | 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

‘I’m suffering’: woman who confronted May tells of disability cuts ordeal

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By Alexandra Topping https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/may/16/woman-who-confronted-theresa-may-disability-cuts-ordeal-kathy-mohan   Kathy Mohan, who became an overnight champion of disabled people, says Tories’ PIP scheme has left her unable to cope Kathy Mohan, who confronted Theresa May during an election walkabout in Abingdon. Photograph: Ben Gurr … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, CH5, Conservatives, Damien Green, DWP, General Election, Human Rights, Learning Disability England, PIP, Theresa May, UKCRPD, UN, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP, WRAG Cuts | Tagged Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Conservatives, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

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