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Minister hid judges’ criticism of McVey from MPs, hours after shock appointment

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Image Courtesy of  The Mirror   By John Pring Disability New Service 11th January 2018 The minister for disabled people

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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

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Chancellor ignores social care, weeks after UN’s independent living warning

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 23rd November 2017 Disabled campaigners have criticised the chancellor’s failure to provide any

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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

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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

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#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  

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DPO hopes mayoral election will see Manchester lead the way on disability rights

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  By John Pring Disability News Service March 16th 2017   A leading disabled people’s organisation (DPOs) is hoping to

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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

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Green’s new co-leader credits Independent Living Fund campaign

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September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service The new co-leader of the Green party has told Disability News Service

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