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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

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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

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‘Inspired by ‘I, Daniel Blake’ disabled protesters make ‘Declaration of Humanity’ in Seoul

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By Ahn Young-choon, Staff reporter     Disabled people in wheelchairs spraypaint their names as a declaration of their humanity,

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Coroner orders inquest into ‘fit for work’ man who collapsed after leaving jobcentre

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By John Pring Disability News Service 26th January 2017   About 100 activists and their allies have taken part in

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Green refuses three times to apologise to Scotland for harm of benefit reforms

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By John Pring Disability News Service November 10th 2016   The work and pensions secretary Damian Green has refused three

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DPOs criticise DWP for excluding them from green paper launch

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by John Pring Disability News Service 3rd November 2016 Grassroots disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have criticised the government’s decision to

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Ministers know their WCA system is increasing suicide risk, says Ken Loach

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By John Pring Disability News Service October 6th 2016   Government ministers know their “fitness for work” system is making

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