Stop the Universal Credit Juggernaut
By Bernadette Meaden -Ekklesia August 11th 2017 The word juggernaut comes from the huge vehicles used by Indian temples to
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New disabled MP accuses government of ‘eugenics’
Picture Courtesy of Guardian By John Pring Disability News Service 6th July 2017 A newly-elected disabled MP has accused
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UK General Election: Why disabled people oppose the Tories ~ And need your help
Video: A woman with learning difficulties has accosted Theresa May while the prime minister was on a walkabout in an
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#CripTheVoteUK #GE2017: Tory disability minister endorses forced institutionalisation of disabled people
Election 2017: Tory disability minister endorses forced institutionalisation By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 1st June 2017
#CripTheVoteUK: As UK doctors’ leaders abdicate duty to defend patients’ human rights disabled people face perilous post-election future
BMA ‘will be complicit in future deaths’, after silence on ‘fit note’ rules By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday
#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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Concern over UN’s ‘silence’ on benefit-related deaths
By John Pring Disability News Service 6th April 2017 Disabled activists fear that the UN committee examining the
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Mother of ‘fit for work’ victim calls for ministers to face criminal charges
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th February 2017 The mother of a disabled man who starved to death
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Joint – letter from the United Kingdom Disabled People’s Movement and Allied Civil Society Organisations to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
Published By Black Triangle November 19th 2016 Secretary General As U.K. disabled campaigners and civil society organisations we write
UN’s conclusion that UK violated disability rights is ‘vindication’ for activists
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday November 10th 2016 Disabled activists who persuaded the United Nations (UN) to investigate
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Dr Sarah Glynn: Why we must resist the ‘work cure’
By Dr Sarah Glynn SUWN 1stNov 2016 Ahead of the IdeaSpace event in Glasgow this week, Dr Sarah Glynn of
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MSPs hear call for government to ‘speak out more forcefully’ on WCA deaths
13th October 2016 By John Pring -Disability News Service A disabled activist has told a parliamentary committee that
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Ministers know their WCA system is increasing suicide risk, says Ken Loach
By John Pring Disability News Service October 6th 2016 Government ministers know their “fitness for work” system is making
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Duncan Smith tells DNS: ‘I’m not going to be accused by you’ over mental health deaths
By John Pring Disability News Service October 6th 2016 Iain Duncan Smith has denied responsibility for the deaths of
‘Fit for work’ suicide man’s sister tried to take her own life after DWP ordeal
By John Pring Disability News Service Thursday September 21st 2016 The sister of a man driven to suicide
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Disabled researcher’s book exposes ‘corporate demolition of welfare state’
15th September 2016 John Pring http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ A string of activists, academics, politicians and journalists have welcomed the publication of a new
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Benefit claimants die as DWP staff keep failing to follow suicide guidelines
September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to consider
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Documents show WCA suicide death mirrored 2010 tragedy
4th August 2016 John Pring A physiotherapist took just 35 minutes to carry out a face-to-face assessment that led to
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Campaigners Call for Boycott Of Workfare Slave Labourers
Campaigners are calling for people to boycott workfare users this week after a long court battle to get those taking
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Parents of Scottish ‘fit for work’ suicide man back call for Iain Duncan Smith prosecution
John Pring Disability News Service Thursday 28 July 2016 The parents of a disabled man who took his